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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #434, 1950girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
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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 1960

  • 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: #372 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,827 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #224 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,103 girlsNDMinnesota: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,980 girlsMNIllinois: #557 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,726 girlsILWisconsin: #364 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,085 girlsWIMichigan: #352 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,154 girlsMINew York: #389 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 3,422 girlsNYMassachusetts: #314 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,514 girlsMARhode 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: #277 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,010 girlsIAIndiana: #611 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,396 girlsINOhio: #429 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,573 girlsOHPennsylvania: #288 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 2,234 girlsPANew Jersey: #300 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,513 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #457 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 3,837 girlsCAUtah: #285 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsUTColorado: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,257 girlsCONebraska: #325 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,411 girlsNEMissouri: 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: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,102 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: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: 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: #1,178 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,899 girlsTXFlorida: #582 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,282 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#224 · 1 in 1,103
  2. Iowa#277 · 1 in 2,010
  3. Utah#285 · 1 in 1,524
  4. Pennsylvania#288 · 1 in 2,234
  5. New Jersey#300 · 1 in 2,513

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#22461 in 1,103
Iowa#277141 in 2,010
Utah#28571 in 1,524
Pennsylvania#288501 in 2,234
New Jersey#300231 in 2,513
Kansas#313101 in 2,102
Massachusetts#314151 in 3,514
Nebraska#32561 in 2,411
Minnesota#331131 in 2,980
Michigan#352281 in 3,154
Wisconsin#364111 in 4,085
Washington#372101 in 2,827
New York#389491 in 3,422
Colorado#41861 in 3,257
Ohio#429231 in 4,573
California#457451 in 3,837
Illinois#557161 in 6,726
Florida#58281 in 6,282
Indiana#61161 in 8,396
Texas#1,17861 in 18,899
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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 1960

girls
#486
405 births · 1 in 4,992 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #486Coleen405
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 4,992 of them was named Coleen, which outranked 93.4% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coleen
  1. #483Lola412
  2. #484Randi411
  3. #485Christi409
  4. #486Coleen405
  5. #486Johnnie405
  6. #488Ernestine401
  7. #489Gayla399
  8. #490Luanne396

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →