Colten

Where Colten comes from

Modern re-spelling of Colton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Colten
Along the way
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #5,772 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Colten Teubert born
    Canadian ice hockey defenceman
  3. 1991
    Colten Gunn born
    American professional wrestler
  4. 2011
    Peak, #386
    750 babies named Colten — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #687.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Colten Teubert · Canadian ice hockey defenceman, born 1990
  • Colten Gunn · American professional wrestler, born 1991
  • Colten Brewer · American professional baseball player, born 1992
  • Colten Ellis · Canadian ice hockey player, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.