Description of the name "Colton"

Colton is most popular name in Idaho of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Generation Alpha in MidWest. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is rising.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) too rising for male in MidWest, too falling for male in Northeast, falling for male in South, falling for male in West, and too falling for male in MidWesttoo falling for male in Northeasttoo falling for male in Southstalled for male in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Colton'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Colton'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Colton"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Colton" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

 
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Colton" is 199th out of 1406 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Colton" is 105th out of 1436 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Colton" is 67th out of 1274 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

TOP(%) MidWest Northeast South West
G.I. Generation
(1901~1927)
- - - -
Silent Generation
(1928~1945)
- - - -
Baby Boomers
(1946~1964)
- - - -
Generation X (Gen X)
(1965~1980)
- - - -
Millennials (Gen Y)
(1981~1996)
49.83%
143rd/287
80.27%
236th/294
37.77%
142nd/376
34.18%
135th/395
Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)
(1997~2012)
22.81%
78th/342
40.86%
143rd/350
21.35%
95th/445
27.16%
126th/464
Generation Alpha
(2013~2023)
16.37%
46th/281
22.58%
70th/310
16.45%
63rd/383
26.06%
111th/426
 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.