Boys' name · since 1991
Koltan
Koltan has 252 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 252
- total births
- 1991–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
252 boys have been named Koltan since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Koltan has 252 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2023.
- 252 total births
- 1991–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Koltan's 252 recorded births place it above 74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Koltan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Koltan's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Koltan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2023
- Peak year (2013)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Koltan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Koltan's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Koltan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 36
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 113 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Koltan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Koltan: Baby Name Since 1991 - 252 Births, Peak 2013." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/koltan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Koltan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.