Colten

Meaning: Coal town, or dark settlement
Origin: Variant of Colton (from Old English)

Boy's name · #966 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Colten's best rank, #386, came in 2011; it has settled back to #966 today. Roughly 16,000 boys have been named Colten since 1978.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,479 in Canada (2024).

Famous Coltens

Colten Teubert — Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Colten Gunn — American professional wrestler
Colten Brewer — American professional baseball player
Colten Ellis — Canadian ice hockey player (born 2000)
Colten Hayes — Canadian ice hockey defenceman

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kolten (#1283), Colten would rank around #694 with about 390 births last year — the newborns split about 61/39 between Colten and Kolten.

Similar names: Kolten · Ryland · Kolter · Landyn · Kolby · Kolt

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