Colt

What Colt means

From the word “colt”

From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses

Source: Wiktionary, “Colt” (revision 94538449), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Colt?

US: Rising: up from #338 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1673 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 1,833 boys got the name (#210 that year). First in the US records in 1957.

How common

• About 1 in 1,438 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 20,918 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (4.55 per 1,000 boys), ND (2.38 per 1,000 boys), IA (2.17 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Colt is #285 in the US and #1897 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Colt were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kolt129 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Colt

Boys

• Graham#120“gravel + homestead”^*
• Emmitt#769Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Callen#516Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #516 vs #2,952 in 2025
• Royce#499Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #499 vs #1,307 in 2025

For a sister

• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Leighton#342“leek + settlement”^*
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Collins#241“descendant of Coileán”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Colt’s. Rank is US 2025.