Coleen
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 349 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,998since 1912
Coleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Coleen has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 1993 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 |
| 1990 | #2,374 | 52 |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 |
| 1988 | #2,251 | 50 |
| 1987 | #1,699 | 71 |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 |
| 1985 | #1,680 | 69 |
| 1984 | #1,368 | 86 |
| 1983 | #1,585 | 70 |
| 1982 | #1,436 | 84 |
| 1981 | #1,504 | 80 |
| 1980 | #1,460 | 83 |
| 1979 | #1,169 | 113 |
| 1978 | #1,126 | 115 |
| 1977 | #1,131 | 112 |
| 1976 | #971 | 131 |
| 1975 | #937 | 135 |
| 1974 | #798 | 169 |
| 1973 | #778 | 172 |
| 1972 | #757 | 184 |
| 1971 | #690 | 221 |
| 1970 | #649 | 253 |
| 1969 | #594 | 278 |
| 1968 | #552 | 309 |
| 1967 | #546 | 298 |
| 1966 | #502 | 351 |
| 1965 | #517 | 339 |
| 1964 | #496 | 387 |
| 1963 | #474 | 417 |
| 1962 | #496 | 380 |
| 1961 | #480 | 403 |
| 1960 | #486 | 405 |
| 1959 | #469 | 423 |
| 1958 | #475 | 397 |
| 1957 | #536 | 320 |
| 1956 | #536 | 303 |
| 1955 | #541 | 289 |
| 1954 | #521 | 290 |
| 1953 | #489 | 314 |
| 1952 | #492 | 291 |
| 1951 | #457 | 332 |
| 1950 | #434 | 349 |
| 1949 | #553 | 227 |
| 1948 | #520 | 252 |
| 1947 | #803 | 118 |
| 1946 | #946 | 77 |
| 1945 | #1,022 | 57 |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 |
| 1942 | #921 | 72 |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 |
| 1940 | #963 | 55 |
| 1939 | #775 | 77 |
| 1938 | #830 | 72 |
| 1937 | #788 | 75 |
| 1936 | #757 | 79 |
| 1935 | #834 | 68 |
| 1934 | #815 | 68 |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 |
| 1932 | #781 | 75 |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 |
| 1930 | #847 | 71 |
| 1929 | #1,032 | 50 |
| 1928 | #1,015 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,000 | 58 |
| 1926 | #980 | 58 |
| 1925 | #1,196 | 42 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1934
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#229 · 1 in 2,010
- Kansas#308 · 1 in 2,636
- North Carolina#502 · 1 in 7,291
Best ever in a state: #108 in Wyoming, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #229 | 9 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Kansas | #308 | 5 | 1 in 2,636 |
| North Carolina | #502 | 5 | 1 in 7,291 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1948 (#803 → #520)
- Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1940 (#775 → #963)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1950 at #434 (349 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1946–1976
- 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
- 29.7% of all girls named Coleen (3,567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 60 | #2,498 (1916) | #2,664 |
| 1920s | 356 | #980 (1926) | #1,582 |
| 1930s | 731 | #757 (1936) | #799 |
| 1940s | 1,052 | #520 (1948) | #858 |
| 1950s | 3,308 | #434 (1950) | #495 |
| 1960s | 3,567 | #474 (1963) | #514 |
| 1970s | 1,605 | #649 (1970) | #901 |
| 1980s | 738 | #1,368 (1984) | #1,644 |
| 1990s | 386 | #2,191 (1992) | #3,434 |
| 2000s | 138 | #5,705 (2000) | #8,409 |
| 2010s | 52 | #9,806 (2018) | #13,050 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 15,356 of them was named Coleen, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #811Emilie69
- #811Lynette69
- #811Mittie69
- #815Coleen68
- #815Adela68
- #815Armida68
- #815Concepcion68
- #831Becky67
- #831Colette67
- #831Cordelia67
Tied with 15 names at #815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.