Colene
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 47 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,624since 1908
Colene over time
Rank among girls' names. Colene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,223 | 37 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Colene! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Colene is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#338 · 1 in 3,069
Best ever in a state: #282 in Nebraska, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #338 | 11 | 1 in 3,069 |
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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 Colene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1931 at #1,022 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,654 girls born in 1931 were named Colene (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- 22.0% of all girls named Colene (358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 77 | #2,204 (1917) | #2,792 |
| 1920s | 194 | #1,223 (1929) | #2,145 |
| 1930s | 358 | #1,022 (1931) | #1,213 |
| 1940s | 226 | #1,404 (1940) | #1,895 |
| 1950s | 193 | #1,955 (1950) | #2,544 |
| 1960s | 244 | #2,131 (1963) | #2,509 |
| 1970s | 179 | #2,830 (1973) | #3,936 |
| 1980s | 109 | #4,476 (1983) | #6,964 |
| 1990s | 39 | #9,247 (1990) | #11,317 |
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.
Colene in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 22,654 of them was named Colene, which outranked 79.5% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,010Rosalia48
- #1,010Sidney48
- #1,010Velia48
- #1,022Colene47
- #1,022Bebe47
- #1,022Ceola47
- #1,022Charity47
- #1,028Alline46
- #1,028Arla46
- #1,028Bulah46
Tied with 5 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.