Colt

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Colt: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Colt: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #339, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2859
1998	#2074
2001	#2587
2003	#2470
2004	#2578
2005	#2418
2006	#2087
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#2721
2013	#2055
2014	#1721
2015	#1673
2016	#2027
2017	#1703
2018	#1533
2019	#1316
2020	#1431
2021	#1250
2022	#2018
2023	#1799
2024	#1460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1460 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Colt by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Colt in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	36	7 of 10	5
2010s	111	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	80	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Colt appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Colt's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Colton · #142, 26y
Colum · #115, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arden · #339, 24y
Carley · #339, 30y
Gigi · #339, 23y
Mariah · #339, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Antoine · #339, 30y
Arden · #339, 24y
Callam · #339, 18y
Gigi · #339, 23y

Colt was ranked #339 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Colt and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Colt without appearing here.

Colt moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1673 and #4747.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4678 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Colt

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1202.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #1224.

Moved the opposite way to Colt

Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Colt went from #2357 to #1316 while Shannon went from #1168 to #4702.
Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Colt went from #2859 to #1673 while Morten went from #2859 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Colt

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colt went from #2859 to #1460 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colt went from #2587 to #1460 and Arlo from #1949 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colt went from #2587 to #1460 and Harper from #2587 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colt went from #2587 to #1460 and Kasper from #1949 to #529.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Colt at a glance

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Colt by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Colt at a glance

Colt by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Colt moved ahead of

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