Coleman
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #1,310 for boys in 2025, 148 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,599since 1880
Coleman over time
Rank among boys' names. Coleman has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,310 | 148 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,275 | 154 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,169 | 176 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,156 | 178 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,148 | 175 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,022 | 203 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,094 | 182 | |
| 2018 | — | #995 | 208 | |
| 2017 | — | #873 | 246 | |
| 2016 | — | #971 | 212 | |
| 2015 | — | #884 | 251 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #947 | 223 |
| 2013 | — | #845 | 252 | |
| 2012 | — | #841 | 256 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #912 | 221 |
| 2010 | — | #793 | 273 | |
| 2009 | — | #806 | 276 | |
| 2008 | — | #741 | 307 | |
| 2007 | — | #680 | 350 | |
| 2006 | — | #661 | 347 | |
| 2005 | — | #616 | 363 | |
| 2004 | — | #637 | 331 | |
| 2003 | — | #589 | 368 | |
| 2002 | — | #554 | 399 | |
| 2001 | — | #563 | 369 | |
| 2000 | — | #544 | 388 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #564 | 354 |
| 1998 | — | #527 | 391 | |
| 1997 | — | #497 | 420 | |
| 1996 | — | #546 | 345 | |
| 1995 | — | #551 | 340 | |
| 1994 | — | #591 | 303 | |
| 1993 | — | #617 | 284 | |
| 1992 | — | #647 | 254 | |
| 1991 | — | #725 | 195 | |
| 1990 | — | #786 | 166 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #825 | 145 |
| 1988 | — | #809 | 137 | |
| 1987 | — | #689 | 172 | |
| 1986 | — | #741 | 150 | |
| 1985 | — | #752 | 140 | |
| 1984 | — | #796 | 120 | |
| 1983 | — | #786 | 123 | |
| 1982 | — | #798 | 123 | |
| 1981 | — | #938 | 91 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,038 | 76 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,023 | 75 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,121 | 61 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,390 | 43 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,267 | 48 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,114 | 57 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,073 | 59 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,201 | 47 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,196 | 47 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,142 | 52 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,000 | 59 | |
| 1968 | — | #877 | 67 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,100 | 45 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,000 | 54 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,035 | 53 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,052 | 52 | |
| 1962 | — | #879 | 75 | |
| 1961 | — | #901 | 72 | |
| 1960 | — | #944 | 64 | |
| 1959 | — | #950 | 65 | |
| 1958 | — | #871 | 75 | |
| 1957 | — | #849 | 78 | |
| 1956 | — | #741 | 98 | |
| 1955 | — | #885 | 70 | |
| 1954 | — | #762 | 87 | |
| 1953 | — | #798 | 80 | |
| 1952 | — | #775 | 82 | |
| 1951 | — | #719 | 93 | |
| 1950 | — | #726 | 89 | |
| 1949 | — | #692 | 97 | |
| 1948 | — | #669 | 102 | |
| 1947 | — | #645 | 114 | |
| 1946 | — | #668 | 94 | |
| 1945 | — | #718 | 72 | |
| 1944 | — | #674 | 85 | |
| 1943 | — | #655 | 95 | |
| 1942 | — | #780 | 68 | |
| 1941 | — | #660 | 86 | |
| 1940 | — | #635 | 88 | |
| 1939 | — | #660 | 81 | |
| 1938 | — | #628 | 90 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #665 | 80 |
| 1936 | — | #601 | 93 | |
| 1935 | — | #710 | 73 | |
| 1934 | — | #549 | 116 | |
| 1933 | — | #668 | 77 | |
| 1932 | — | #620 | 92 | |
| 1931 | — | #633 | 87 | |
| 1930 | — | #576 | 108 | |
| 1929 | — | #536 | 118 | |
| 1928 | — | #594 | 108 | |
| 1927 | — | #576 | 115 | |
| 1926 | — | #533 | 130 | |
| 1925 | — | #547 | 126 | |
| 1924 | — | #616 | 107 | |
| 1923 | — | #564 | 122 | |
| 1922 | — | #612 | 112 | |
| 1921 | — | #513 | 146 | |
| 1920 | — | #590 | 112 | |
| 1919 | — | #521 | 130 | |
| 1918 | — | #519 | 133 | |
| 1917 | — | #561 | 110 | |
| 1916 | — | #520 | 120 | |
| 1915 | — | #518 | 116 | |
| 1914 | — | #481 | 102 | |
| 1913 | — | #502 | 75 | |
| 1912 | — | #470 | 69 | |
| 1911 | — | #489 | 36 | |
| 1910 | — | #430 | 40 | |
| 1909 | — | #397 | 38 | |
| 1908 | — | #553 | 21 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #390 | 28 | |
| 1903 | — | #360 | 28 | |
| 1902 | — | #521 | 17 | |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | — | #446 | 26 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #473 | 19 | |
| 1897 | — | #375 | 25 | |
| 1896 | — | #481 | 18 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #415 | 21 | |
| 1891 | — | #441 | 16 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #426 | 18 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Coleman was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Coleman is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#227 · 1 in 1,188
- South Carolina#235 · 1 in 1,285
- Oklahoma#296 · 1 in 1,686
- Utah#300 · 1 in 1,717
- North Carolina#310 · 1 in 1,969
Best ever in a state: #101 in South Carolina, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #227 | 21 | 1 in 1,188 |
| South Carolina | #235 | 16 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Oklahoma | #296 | 12 | 1 in 1,686 |
| Utah | #300 | 12 | 1 in 1,717 |
| North Carolina | #310 | 25 | 1 in 1,969 |
| Kentucky | #320 | 9 | 1 in 2,606 |
| Arkansas | #341 | 7 | 1 in 2,051 |
| Georgia | #349 | 25 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Tennessee | #380 | 12 | 1 in 3,013 |
| Virginia | #383 | 14 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Massachusetts | #417 | 8 | 1 in 4,535 |
| Minnesota | #425 | 7 | 1 in 4,153 |
| Oregon | #432 | 6 | 1 in 3,300 |
| Missouri | #458 | 8 | 1 in 4,268 |
| Mississippi | #499 | 5 | 1 in 3,042 |
| Washington | #528 | 8 | 1 in 4,319 |
| Ohio | #552 | 11 | 1 in 6,307 |
| Wisconsin | #559 | 5 | 1 in 5,857 |
| Texas | #562 | 32 | 1 in 5,145 |
| Pennsylvania | #573 | 11 | 1 in 6,005 |
| Florida | #622 | 15 | 1 in 5,789 |
| California | #739 | 25 | 1 in 9,672 |
| Illinois | #857 | 8 | 1 in 9,975 |
| Michigan | #948 | 5 | 1 in 11,771 |
| New York | #1,222 | 7 | 1 in 16,248 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Coleman
- 35 spots since 2024 (#1,275 → #1,310)
- 288 spots since 2020 (#1,022 → #1,310)
- 426 spots since 2015 (#884 → #1,310)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1900 (#714 → #446)
- Biggest drop: 241 spots in 1899 (#473 → #714)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #360 (28 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–1962
- Highest: 1 in 4,258 boys born in 1903 were named Coleman (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,541 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Coleman (3,498) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 147 | #392 (1887) | #484 |
| 1890s | 169 | #375 (1897) | #494 |
| 1900s | 237 | #360 (1903) | #468 |
| 1910s | 931 | #430 (1910) | #501 |
| 1920s | 1,196 | #513 (1921) | #568 |
| 1930s | 897 | #549 (1934) | #631 |
| 1940s | 901 | #635 (1940) | #680 |
| 1950s | 817 | #719 (1951) | #808 |
| 1960s | 586 | #877 (1968) | #989 |
| 1970s | 533 | #1,023 (1979) | #1,178 |
| 1980s | 1,277 | #689 (1987) | #817 |
| 1990s | 3,052 | #497 (1997) | #605 |
| 2000s | 3,498 | #544 (2000) | #639 |
| 2010s | 2,324 | #793 (2010) | #916 |
| 2020s | 1,034 | #1,022 (2020) | #1,180 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Coleman in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 354,765 of them was named Coleman, which outranked 15.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,536 names at #14,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 5,424 of them was named Coleman, which outranked 95.1% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.