boys:
5.6k births since 1987
#1579 (66th percentile)
overall:
5.6k births since 1987
#3621 (53rd percentile)
The name Kolten is the #3,621 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,646 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 53.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,579 (65.6% percentile) for all time with 5,646 births since 1987.
Kolten first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for boys in 1987).
For boys, Kolten reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 31.6% percentile (ranked #619) with 151 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 151 births per million (ranked 31.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kolten ranks #771 for boys (15.4% percentile) with 79 births per million, which is 52.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kolten".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kolten. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Kolten is pronounced as KOHL-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOHL-tehn, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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