Kolt — #1257 US boys' name
2,944 babies named Kolt in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Kolt was born in this single decade.
214 babies were named Kolt in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kolt
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,944 babies named Kolt between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kolt currently holds the #1257 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 214 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kolt performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kolt shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 391 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kolt in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kolt in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,944 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kolt at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kolt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2022)
- 214
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #1257 among boys.
2,944 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 214 births in a single year.
Kolt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,365 births that decade — 46% of Kolt's all-time total
Kolt decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,365 births
- Runner-up 892 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kolt's strongest decade
1,365 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Kolt by state
Where Kolt concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 391 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 98 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 98 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 93 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 75 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 69 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Iowa | | 66 | 2.2% |
| #8 | California | | 63 | 2.1% |
391 of 2,944 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.3% of nationwide
- Missouri 3.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.3% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 3.2% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kolt appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.