Coleen

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194

Peak · girls
1950 · 349 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,998
since 1912

Coleen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Coleen has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #434, 1950girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#15,1945
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#9,80610
2017#15,9025
2016#16,2155
2015#10,14810
2014#13,0697
2013
2012#14,9626
2011
2010#11,2469
2009#10,67910
2008#11,5999
2007#8,52014
2006#11,4179
2005#7,13816
2004#9,26411
2003#6,05519
2002#6,39217
2001#7,31714
2000#5,70519
1999#6,19116
1998#5,58318
1997#3,54732
1996#3,30235
1995#3,02238
1994#2,93540
1993#2,60047
1992#2,19161
1991#2,59347
1990#2,37452
1989#1,83472
1988#2,25150
1987#1,69971
1986#1,62073
1985#1,68069
1984#1,36886
1983#1,58570
1982#1,43684
1981#1,50480
1980#1,46083
1979#1,169113
1978#1,126115
1977#1,131112
1976#971131
1975#937135
1974#798169
1973#778172
1972#757184
1971#690221
1970#649253
1969#594278
1968#552309
1967#546298
1966#502351
1965#517339
1964#496387
1963#474417
1962#496380
1961#480403
1960#486405
1959#469423
1958#475397
1957#536320
1956#536303
1955#541289
1954#521290
1953#489314
1952#492291
1951#457332
1950#434349
1949#553227
1948#520252
1947#803118
1946#94677
1945#1,02257
1944#95366
1943#95268
1942#92172
1941#94860
1940#96355
1939#77577
1938#83072
1937#78875
1936#75779
1935#83468
1934#81568
1933#79070
1932#78175
1931#76876
1930#84771
1929#1,03250
1928#1,01554
1927#1,00058
1926#98058
1925#1,19642
1924#1,56629
1923#2,26416
1922#2,02719
1921#2,37815
1920#2,35715
1919#2,64012
1918#3,02410
1917#2,55212
1916#2,49812
1915
1914#2,6388
1913
1912#2,6346
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Coleen! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Coleen is popular in 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNHWashington: #322 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,791 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #202 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,334 girlsNDMinnesota: #283 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,954 girlsMNIllinois: #493 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,151 girlsILWisconsin: #366 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,273 girlsWIMichigan: #297 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,213 girlsMINew York: #603 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,136 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedRIOregon: #330 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,006 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedIAIndiana: #429 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,000 girlsINOhio: #391 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,420 girlsOHPennsylvania: #464 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,900 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #477 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,391 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedUTColorado: #275 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,036 girlsCONebraska: #253 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,241 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNMKansas: #327 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,996 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #435 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,300 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedGAHawaii: #213 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 880 girlsHITexas: #958 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,788 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Coleen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#202 · 1 in 1,334
  2. Hawaii#213 · 1 in 880
  3. Nebraska#253 · 1 in 2,241
  4. Colorado#275 · 1 in 2,036
  5. Minnesota#283 · 1 in 2,954

Best ever in a state: #108 in Wyoming, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#20251 in 1,334
Hawaii#21361 in 880
Nebraska#25361 in 2,241
Colorado#27571 in 2,036
Minnesota#283111 in 2,954
Michigan#297221 in 3,213
Washington#32291 in 2,791
Kansas#32761 in 2,996
Oregon#33051 in 3,006
Wisconsin#36671 in 5,273
Ohio#391161 in 5,420
Indiana#42971 in 6,000
Oklahoma#43551 in 4,300
Pennsylvania#464131 in 7,900
California#477211 in 5,391
Illinois#493121 in 7,151
New York#603141 in 10,136
Texas#95861 in 15,788
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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 Coleen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1948 (#803#520)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1940 (#775#963)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1950 at #434 (349 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1946–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,622
  • Highest: 1 in 4,622 girls born in 1963 were named Coleen (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #434 in 1950, was only 1 in 4,908 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 29.7% of all girls named Coleen (3,567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s60#2,498 (1916)#2,664
1920s356#980 (1926)#1,582
1930s731#757 (1936)#799
1940s1,052#520 (1948)#858
1950s3,308#434 (1950)#495
1960s3,567#474 (1963)#514
1970s1,605#649 (1970)#901
1980s738#1,368 (1984)#1,644
1990s386#2,191 (1992)#3,434
2000s138#5,705 (2000)#8,409
2010s52#9,806 (2018)#13,050
2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

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.

Coleen in 1949

girls
#553
227 births · 1 in 7,537 girls

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #553Coleen227
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 7,537 of them was named Coleen, which outranked 90.9% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coleen
  1. #550Nona232
  2. #551Edwina230
  3. #551Mollie230
  4. #553Coleen227
  5. #553Malinda227
  6. #555Helena226
  7. #556Lucia223
  8. #556Marietta223

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949