Meaning and history
Colt comes from the English word for a young male horse or from the surname of the same origin. It may also have been given in honor of American industrialist Samuel Colt (1814–1862) or the firearms company named after him. The name gained public attention in 1981 through the main character of the television series The Fall Guy.
20062006: 212 births, rank #910
2007: 428 births, rank #593
2008: 502 births, rank #532
2009: 821 births, rank #369
2010: 945 births, rank #331
20112011: 954 births, rank #327
2012: 958 births, rank #331
2013: 975 births, rank #333
2014: 979 births, rank #339
2015: 1,018 births, rank #338
20162016: 1,033 births, rank #337
2017: 1,333 births, rank #271
2018: 1,628 births, rank #236
2019: 1,833 births, rank #210
2020: 1,686 births, rank #221
20212021: 1,736 births, rank #221
2022: 1,462 births, rank #240
2023: 1,304 births, rank #264
2024: 1,227 births, rank #276
20252025: 1,188 births, rank #285
Colt moved from #277 to #285 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2019, with 1,833 births.