Coley
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 85.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,029since 1881
Coley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #3,103 | 26 |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #3,202 | 22 |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,123 | 37 | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | — | #2,288 | 19 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,745 | 26 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,731 | 22 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,956 | 16 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,701 | 20 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,657 | 20 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,696 | 20 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,486 | 22 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,703 | 21 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,505 | 21 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Coley! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Coley is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Coley
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 984 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #8,910)
- 171 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #8,910)
- 166 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 481 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #752)
- Biggest drop: 459 spots in 1894 (#615 → #1,074)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1893 at #615 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · 1881–1909
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,211
- Highest: 1 in 10,211 boys born in 1893 were named Coley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 11.5% of all boys named Coley (233) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #799 (1883) | #848 |
| 1890s | 38 | #615 (1893) | #952 |
| 1900s | 42 | #752 (1906) | #1,060 |
| 1910s | 166 | #1,059 (1912) | #1,491 |
| 1920s | 154 | #1,703 (1921) | #2,149 |
| 1930s | 158 | #1,337 (1938) | #1,848 |
| 1940s | 176 | #1,406 (1945) | #1,770 |
| 1950s | 159 | #1,568 (1956) | #2,070 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,642 (1969) | #2,117 |
| 1970s | 233 | #1,736 (1973) | #1,993 |
| 1980s | 182 | #2,444 (1980) | #2,749 |
| 1990s | 217 | #2,123 (1993) | #3,470 |
| 2000s | 174 | #2,993 (2000) | #5,027 |
| 2010s | 101 | #5,741 (2010) | #7,871 |
| 2020s | 44 | #8,739 (2020) | #9,511 |
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.
Coley in 1909
boys
#951
10 births · 1 in 16,400 boys
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 16,400 of them was named Coley, which outranked 43.4% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).