first name
COLEMAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,573 people named Coleman, 83% reported their origin as White, 8.6% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. 98.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Coleman peaked in 1997, when 420 babies got the name.
At least 17,628 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Coleman by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,017. The largest share of babies named Coleman, 30.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Coleman is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Coleman has been most common in Alabama (4.5×), South Carolina (4.3×), and Georgia (3.5×), and least common in Iowa (0.21×).
11,959 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 Coleman
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Coleman, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Coleman ranks #110 of 156,621, with 211,259 people. See Coleman as a last name
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