Kolton is a modern American spelling of Colton, an English surname and place name that means "Cola's town" or "coal town". The K gives the name a sharper look and sits well with other K-spellings like Kayden and Kason. Kolton ranked number 611 in 2000, rose with the Colton trend to a peak of number 379 in 2012 and has settled at number 594 in 2025.