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Colt
Rank in 2024
#276
Born in 2024
1,224
Peak year
2019 · #210
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,224 boys were named Colt, about 1 in every 1,401.
- It peaked in 2019 with 1,833 babies, ranked #210.
- It first shows up in the records in 1957.
- 26,673 boys have been named Colt since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Colt per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 54 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 197 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,682 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,533 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 16,207 babies, 0.75 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Colt, CC BY-SA 4.0.