Kolter

What Kolter means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kolter yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,766 in 2015, #599 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kolter?

US: Rising: up from #2766 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 476 boys got the name (#599 that year). First in the US records in 1987.

How common

• About 1 in 3,588 baby boys in the US 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 OK (1.53 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.49 per 1,000 boys), IA (1.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kolter is #599 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 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 Kolter were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Colter2,354 US · 18 E&W
• Coulter35 US
• Koulter11 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 Kolter

Boys

• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Nico#174Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Callan#190“descendant of Cathalán”^*

For a sister

• Lainey#30Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #576 in 2015, #30 in 2025
• Ayla#77Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 6 babies
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kolter’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.