Coleen

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194

Peak · girls
1950 · 349 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,998
since 1912

Coleen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Coleen has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #434, 1950girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#15,1945
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2020—
2019—
2018#9,80610
2017#15,9025
2016#16,2155
2015#10,14810
2014#13,0697
2013—
2012#14,9626
2011—
2010#11,2469
2009#10,67910
2008#11,5999
2007#8,52014
2006#11,4179
2005#7,13816
2004#9,26411
2003#6,05519
2002#6,39217
2001#7,31714
2000#5,70519
1999#6,19116
1998#5,58318
1997#3,54732
1996#3,30235
1995#3,02238
1994#2,93540
1993#2,60047
1992#2,19161
1991#2,59347
1990#2,37452
1989#1,83472
1988#2,25150
1987#1,69971
1986#1,62073
1985#1,68069
1984#1,36886
1983#1,58570
1982#1,43684
1981#1,50480
1980#1,46083
1979#1,169113
1978#1,126115
1977#1,131112
1976#971131
1975#937135
1974#798169
1973#778172
1972#757184
1971#690221
1970#649253
1969#594278
1968#552309
1967#546298
1966#502351
1965#517339
1964#496387
1963#474417
1962#496380
1961#480403
1960#486405
1959#469423
1958#475397
1957#536320
1956#536303
1955#541289
1954#521290
1953#489314
1952#492291
1951#457332
1950#434349
1949#553227
1948#520252
1947#803118
1946#94677
1945#1,02257
1944#95366
1943#95268
1942#92172
1941#94860
1940#96355
1939#77577
1938#83072
1937#78875
1936#75779
1935#83468
1934#81568
1933#79070
1932#78175
1931#76876
1930#84771
1929#1,03250
1928#1,01554
1927#1,00058
1926#98058
1925#1,19642
1924#1,56629
1923#2,26416
1922#2,02719
1921#2,37815
1920#2,35715
1919#2,64012
1918#3,02410
1917#2,55212
1916#2,49812
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1914#2,6388
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1912#2,6346
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Coleen! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Coleen is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedSDIowa: #245 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNMKansas: #274 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,140 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #356 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,353 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,124 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#245 · 1 in 2,153
  2. Kansas#274 · 1 in 2,140
  3. South Carolina#356 · 1 in 3,353
  4. Oklahoma#398 · 1 in 3,124

Best ever in a state: #108 in Wyoming, 1966.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Coleen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1948 (#803 → #520)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1940 (#775 → #963)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1950 at #434 (349 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1946–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,622
  • Highest: 1 in 4,622 girls born in 1963 were named Coleen (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #434 in 1950, was only 1 in 4,908 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 29.7% of all girls named Coleen (3,567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s60#2,498 (1916)#2,664
1920s356#980 (1926)#1,582
1930s731#757 (1936)#799
1940s1,052#520 (1948)#858
1950s3,308#434 (1950)#495
1960s3,567#474 (1963)#514
1970s1,605#649 (1970)#901
1980s738#1,368 (1984)#1,644
1990s386#2,191 (1992)#3,434
2000s138#5,705 (2000)#8,409
2010s52#9,806 (2018)#13,050
2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Coleen in 1933

girls
#790
70 births · 1 in 14,399 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #790Coleen70
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 14,399 of them was named Coleen, which outranked 83.7% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coleen
  1. #782Mittie71
  2. #782Romaine71
  3. #782Vina71
  4. #790Coleen70
  5. #790Christene70
  6. #790Eldora70
  7. #790Erlene70
  8. #801Artie69
  9. #801Janelle69
  10. #801Mayme69

Tied with 10 names at #790; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933 →