first name
COLETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,691 people named Colette, 76.5% reported their origin as White, 10.4% as Black and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Colette peaked in 2025, when 962 babies got the name.
At least 27,987 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.
Colette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #793. The largest share of babies named Colette, 30.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Colette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Colette has been most common in Utah (2.2×), Illinois (1.9×), and Minnesota (1.8×), and least common in Alabama (0.09×).
22,867 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 Colette
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Colette, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Colette ranks #93,627 of 156,621, with 210 people. See Colette as a last name
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