Boys' name · since 1994
Coal
Coal has 176 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,729 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,078 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Coal currently ranks #10078 among boys' names in America, with 176 babies recorded since 1994.
Coal has 176 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10078 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #13,729 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,078 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 176 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Coal ranks #13,729 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,078 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 176 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,729 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,078 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Coal's 176 recorded births place it above 69.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Coal compares
176 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Coal's all-time total is 52% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Coal | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 176 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Coal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Coal's full recorded timeline at 2008, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Coal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Coal by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Coal's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Coal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Coal's decade-level peak was the 2010s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Coal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Coal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.