Cole — #163 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cole

The Social Security Administration has registered 152,069 babies named Cole between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cole currently holds the #163 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 6,038 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cole performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56,845 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Cole shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,948 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Cole in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cole 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 152,069 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.