Colton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Colton: Recorded since 1996, it reached #142 in 2020, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#142highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1337
1998	#2901
2000	#2142
2002	#3225
2003	#2857
2004	#3651
2005	#3208
2006	#2870
2008	#1242
2009	#1649
2010	#1620
2011	#1688
2012	#927
2013	#931
2014	#889
2015	#779
2016	#884
2017	#761
2018	#985
2019	#1030
2020	#723
2021	#632
2022	#561
2023	#827
2024	#678

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: #209 among boys in Scotland, #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, #374 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #678 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 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
Highest recorded2012–2024
Highest recorded position: #142 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2012–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Colton appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 631 births with the name.

Colton across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Colton's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#561 (2022)	#678 (2024)	25 of 29	631 (1996–2024)	67 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#616 (2012)	#364 (2021)	#676 (2025)	14 of 14	78 (2012–2025)	10 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#191 (2012)	#142 (2020)	#278 (2024)	13 of 13	129 (2012–2024)	17 (2020)

Colton 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 Colton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000s	56	8 of 10	7
2010s	300	10 of 10	30
2020sbusiest	263	5 of 10	53

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 53 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2022 and 2023, when recorded births fell by 28, from 67 to 39.

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

Colton 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #142 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Colton'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	#678	54	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#827	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#632	58	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#723	45	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1030	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#985	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#761	45	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#884	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#779	41	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#169	13	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#177	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#142	17	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#242	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#229	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#259	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#175	14	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#191	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#209	20	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #142, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Etta · #141, 24y
Avery · #140, 24y
Cayden · #140, 26y
Layton · #144, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kacie · #142, 30y
Bertine · #143, 23y
Etta · #141, 24y
Macaulay · #143, 29y

Colton was ranked #142 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Colton 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 Colton without appearing here.

Colton moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1649 and #4527.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2870 and #2538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #3687.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2870 and #1892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #3687.
Madison Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2870 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #2775.

Moved ahead of Colton

Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1337 and #1458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #924.
Hunter Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1337 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1821.
Hudson Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1337 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #2419.
Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #561 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #827 and #419.

Moved the opposite way to Colton

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Colton

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Colton went from #1337 to #678 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #142 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Colton

Colton at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Colton across 3 official records

Colton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Colton appears in

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Colton across 3 official records

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