Recorded 1994–2004 Boys' name Peak 1994 22 births

Coel — boys' name

22 babies named Coel in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112000s11
1990s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Coel was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

6 babies were named Coel in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Coel

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Coel between 1994 and 2004, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Coel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Coel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Coel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Coel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Coel at a glance

Last recorded 2004

Total births

22

Since 1994

11 years of records

Peak year

1994

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1994

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2004

Coel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1994

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1994)
6
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
4.555.566.5 2004200219991994 6

Coel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 50% of Coel's all-time total
1990s112000s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Coel?
22 babies have been named Coel since 1994. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1994 with 6 births.
When was Coel most popular?
Coel was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Coel been used?
Coel has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 11 years of data through 2004.
What names are similar to Coel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Coen, Coe, Coehn, Coedy, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.