Colt

Boy · recorded 1957–2025

  • #285in 2025
  • 1 in 1,437boys in 2025
  • +31%last ten years
  • 6.5×in West Virginia

Most popular in 2019, and up 31% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1957

05111,02219571974199120082025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 67 recorded years as a table
Colt, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19573
19585
19594
19615
19624
19635
19658
19666
19673
19684
19696
19704
19719
19729
19738
197411
197510
19768
197710
19785
197912
19804
198111
1982190
1983196
1984151
1985147
1986122
1987142
1988101
198983
199085
199199
1992113
1993120
1994131
1995124
1996130
1997128
1998110
1999101
2000100
200198
2002100
200379
200472
200593
2006103
2007206
2008246
2009414
2010493
2011502
2012505
2013515
2014510
2015531
2016544
2017720
2018896
20191,022
2020977
2021992
2022837
2023762
2024712
2025696

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. West Virginia 6.5×
  2. South Dakota 4.0×
  3. Montana 3.5×
  4. Iowa 3.1×
  5. Idaho 2.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,188
Rank in 2025
#285
How rare
1 in 1,437 boys
Since 1957
27,869

Most popular in 2019, at 1,022 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 31% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia6.5×89
South Dakota4.0×32
Montana3.5×27
Iowa3.1×92
Idaho2.7×49

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.