English place name, "settlement of Cola" or "coal town" — coal town. A surname name that entered the American top 100 in 2010.
Colton ranks 103rd among American boys in 2025, with 3,426 born that year. Its best year was 2013, when 6,496 babies were given the name, ranking 65th. The typical living American called Colton is about 15 years old today. It is relatively most common in Alaska, where it accounts for 0.69% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.