How rare is the name Coleen?

10,357 people in the United States have the first name Coleen, about 1 in 29,162. It ranks #2,403 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

COLEEN

#2,403

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,357
About
1 in 29,162
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,357 people named Coleen, 85.2% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Black and 3.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Coleen peaked in 1959, when 423 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122023
Peak year
1959
Births that year
423
In 2023
5 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 11,998 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Coleen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #894. The largest share of babies named Coleen, 49.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#5,37160
1920s#2,397356
1930s#1,472731
1940s#1,3651,052
1950s#8943,308
1960s#9143,567
1970s#1,4831,605
1980s#2,647738
1990s#5,088386
2000s#13,110138
2010s#23,86952
2020s#39,3255
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.1%
Baby boom 1946–6449.8%
Generation X 1965–8027.2%
Millennials 1981–968.1%
Generation Z 1997–121.8%
2013 and later0.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Coleen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Coleen has been most common in Iowa (2.9×), New Jersey (2.6×), and Pennsylvania (2.4×), and least common in Texas (0.15×).

8,277 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Coleen

#2,401 Anissa · 10,369#2,402 Lauri · 10,367#2,404 Mitchel · 10,351#2,405 Ansley · 10,343

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Coleen, most common first.

#412 Colleen · 137,514#9,532 Collen · 1,451#22,829 Colen · 433#52,605 Coleene · 106

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