How popular is the baby name Colton in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Colton.
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The baby name Colt has a distinctive popularity graph: usage begins in the 1950s, shoots up in the early 1980s, shoots up again in the early 2000s, and shoots up again in the late 2010s.
The initial usage was triggered by the TV Western Colt .45 (1957-1960), which was loosely based upon a 1950 film of the same name. The main character, Christopher Colt, was an undercover government agent posing as a pistol salesman. (The Colt .45 was a type of pistol that was particularly popular in the Old West.)
The name Colt debuted in the SSA’s data the year the show premiered:
The show may have given the name Christopher a boost as well, though it’s hard to tell, as the name was already on the rise in the late ’50s.
But the name that got the biggest boost from the show wasn’t Colt or Christopher — it was Wayde, from actor Wayde Preston, who played Christopher Colt. The name saw peak usage in 1959:
1960: 135 baby boys named Wayde [rank: 674th]
1959: 252 baby boys named Wayde [rank: 493rd]
1958: 153 baby boys named Wayde [rank: 622nd]
1957: 33 baby boys named Wayde
1956: 15 baby boys named Wayde
But getting back to Colt…the name remained relatively rare until another show, The Fall Guy (1981-1986), introduced TV audiences to the character Colt Seavers, played by Lee Majors. This character wasn’t a gunslinger but a stuntman (who moonlighted as a bounty hunter).
The name jumped straight into the top 500 in 1982:
1983: 351 baby boys named Colt [rank: 444th]
1982: 344 baby boys named Colt [rank: 459th]
1981: 20 baby boys named Colt
1980: 9 baby boys named Colt
The next rise in usage was kicked off by football quarterback Daniel “Colt” McCoy, who had a successful college career at the University of Texas (2005-2009) before going pro in 2010.
2009: 820 baby boys named Colt [rank: 369th]
162 (19.8%) born in Texas
2008: 500 baby boys named Colt [rank: 532nd]
85 (17.0%) born in Texas
2007: 428 baby boys named Colt [rank: 593rd]
67 (15.7%) born in Texas
2006: 212 baby boys named Colt [rank: 910th]
38 (17.9%) born in Texas
2005: 186 baby boys named Colt [rank: 943rd]
21 (11.3%) born in Texas
2004: 143 baby boys named Colt [outside top 1,000]
13 (9.1%) born in Texas
And the most recent rise in usage seems to be attributable to the Netflix series The Ranch, which premiered in mid-2016 and stars Ashton Kutcher as a character named Colt Reagan Bennett.
So, going back to the beginning now….where did the name of the Colt .45 pistol come from?
The pistol was made by Colt’s Manufacturing Company of Connecticut. The company was named for founder Samuel Colt (1814-1862), whose English surname originated as “a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after asses and horses, or a nickname for an obstinate or frisky person.”
Usage of the baby name Colt
What do you think of the baby name Colt? Do you like it as a standalone name, or do you prefer it as a nickname for Colton?
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 7, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 7-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “sevens” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Victoria correspond to the numbers 22, 9, 3, 20, 15, 18, 9, and 1. The sum of these numbers is 97. The digits of 97 added together equal 16, and the digits of 16 added together equal 7 — the numerological value of Victoria.
Baby names with a value of 7
Below you’ll find the most popular 7-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
7 via 16
The letters in the following baby names add up to 16, which reduces to seven (1+6=7).
Girl names (7 via 16)
Boy names (7 via 16)
Ana, Jada, Alba, Adaia, Fia
Cal, Chad, Jae, Dak, Efe
7 via 25
The letters in the following baby names add up to 25, which reduces to seven (2+5=7).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number seven. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 7 being described as “truth-seeking,” “introspective,” “intellectual,” “reserved,” and “unusual.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 7:
Misty and Dave Amey of Kingston, Ontario, have five children — all of whom were named (in part) after Toronto Maple Leafs players.
Here are the five siblings, from oldest to youngest:
Justice Tucker Jade (girl) — “Tucker” after right wing Darcy Tucker
Angel McCabe Fay (girl) — “McCabe” after defenseman Bryan McCabe
Domi Austin John Paul (boy) — “Domi” after right wing (and enforcer) Tahir “Tie” Domi
Colton Orr Dave (boy) — both “Colton” and “Orr” after right wing (and enforcer) Colton Orr
Kadri Lee (girl, born in October of 2016) — “Kadri” after center Nazem Kadri
Dad was the one who came up with the hockey-inspired names. He noted: “Those guys, they don’t get all the recognition but they do the grittiest, the grindiest work out on the ice, night in and night out.”
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