Colton is of English origin and means ‘from the coal or dark town.’ The name is composed of two elements ‘col’ meaning coal or dark and ‘ton’ meaning town. It is often associated with being strong, determined and hardworking.
Colton is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Colton is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #65 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Colton, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 139,954 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Colton. That is 0.04 % of all living Americans.
Colton is of English origin and means ‘from the coal or dark town.’ The name is composed of two elements ‘col’ meaning coal or dark and ‘ton’ meaning town. It is often associated with being strong, determined and hardworking.
A coal town... is a type of company town established by a mining company, that provides residences for a population of miners to near a coal mine.
Colton Haynes (*1988)
The American actor also works as a model. He is best known for his role as Jackson Whittemore in the supernatural drama series Teen Wolf (2011 2017) and as Roy Harper in the superhero series Arrow (2012 2020).
Colton Orr (*1982)
The Canadian former ice hockey player made a name for himself with his physical style of play and regular fights. He played nearly 500 NHL games for the Boston Bruins, the New York Rangers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Orr retired in 2016 and began working as a coach.
Colton Harris Moore (*1991)
Known as the Barefoot Bandit, he was charged with the theft of several small airplanes, boats and cars in his teens. He fled to the Bahamas in 2010 but was arrested a week later. In 2016, he was released from prison on parole.
Colton Underwood (*1992)
Underwood is a former professional football player and an American reality tv personality. He rose to prominence as the lead of the 23rd season of The Bachelor in 2019. In 2021, he was the first lead of the show to come out as gay.
When you hear the name Colton, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Colton? Are you also called Colton? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
Colton is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon. The region historically had a large Swedish population and is nowadays known for Christmas tree farming.
you can visit the Colton Point State Park. It is located in Tioga County and is known for its views of Pine Creek Gorge, the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.
is the nickname for Colton, a city in San Bernardino County, California. It is known for a giant railway crossing, first built in 1883, that gave the city its nickname.
in the United States and England are named Colton. The US towns are located, for example, in New York, South Dakota, and Washington.
in Utah is called Colton. The railroad town was established in 1883 and abandoned in the 1950s after important railway jobs were eliminated.
is a government building and museum in Monterey, California. It was built in 1847 - 1849 by Walter Colton, the first mayor of Monterey.
This is a real surprise! Colton is a name that has been around for a long time, but only really took off in the 21st century. In the year 2015, it reached its best rank at #60 according to our SmartGenius statistics. This makes Colton much more popular than in previous generations, where it was so rare for several years that it was not even recorded in the statistics. While the name Colton was observed for the first time ever in 1913, it now seems to have found its place in the zeitgeist of the 21st century. In 2015, the year of its highest popularity, the name was given a total of 6,312 times. Whether this beautiful boys' name can repeat or even exceed its previous best ranking in the coming years remains to be seen, but the prospects are promising given the positive trend.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Colton was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, Colton ranked #93 in our SmartGenius statistics. In absolute figures, this means it was given to baby boys a total of 3,906 times. No one knows what names (or combinations of numbers and letters) will be popular 50 years from now, but given its popularity in the early years of this millennium, there is a good chance that Colton will not disappear from the screen anytime soon.
The name Colton may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Colton is apparently especially popular in Utah. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 455 men in Utah is called Colton. In total, that’s 2,990 people who feel addressed when the name Colton is shouted loudly across Utah and who ensure that their name makes it to #121 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Colton as the answer a total of 139,954 times. This places Colton at #224 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Colton as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for boys’ names. This is because 5.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.
With six letters, the name Colton is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
With 5.2% of all boys' names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters. And which boys’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Charles.
If your name is Colton and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Colton, you can simply say:
Cat
Orange
Lion
Tiger
Orange
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Colton
Colton
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
O
L
T
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N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
C
O
L
T
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Colton sounds like this:
