Colton is a boy's name of English origin meaning “coal and settlement.” In 2024 it was given to 3,588 boys in the United States.
Colton belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “coal and settlement” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Colton first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #59 in 2019, and in 2024 3,588 babies received the name — 148,509 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Colton means “coal and settlement” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Colton is a boy name. In 2024, 3,588 babies received the name in the US.
Colton comes from the English & American tradition.
Colton first appears in US records in 1913. Its best-ever ranking was #59 in 2019, and 3,588 babies were given the name in 2024.
Colton is pronounced /koʊl.tən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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