Coleen
Coleen was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 11,998 Americans have been recorded with it between 1912 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,310 Americans named Coleen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 54 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Coleen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Coleen mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Coleen is “a female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Coline, from Nicoline.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Coleen?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,699, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
423 babies in 1959, the peak
Coleen peaked in 1959, when 423 girls were given it, #469 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,699 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,976 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,409 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,828 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,299 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,379 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,387 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,467 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,857 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,800 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 14 | #8,623 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,643 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,214 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,389 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,118 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,451 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,397 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,754 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,243 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,623 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,559 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,304 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,031 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,938 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,600 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,189 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,593 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 52 | #2,375 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,834 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,251 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,705 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,625 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,681 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 86 | #1,373 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,588 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 84 | #1,439 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,504 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 83 | #1,461 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 113 | #1,169 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 115 | #1,129 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 112 | #1,133 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 131 | #971 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 135 | #937 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 169 | #799 | 0.12 |
| 1973 | 172 | #779 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 184 | #758 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 221 | #691 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 253 | #649 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 278 | #595 | 0.16 |
| 1968 | 309 | #552 | 0.19 |
| 1967 | 298 | #546 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 351 | #502 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 339 | #517 | 0.19 |
| 1964 | 387 | #496 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 417 | #474 | 0.22 |
| 1962 | 380 | #496 | 0.19 |
| 1961 | 403 | #481 | 0.20 |
| 1960 | 405 | #486 | 0.20 |
| 1959 | 423 | #469 | 0.21 |
| 1958 | 397 | #475 | 0.20 |
| 1957 | 320 | #535 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 303 | #535 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 289 | #540 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 290 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1953 | 314 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 291 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1951 | 332 | #456 | 0.18 |
| 1950 | 349 | #433 | 0.20 |
| 1949 | 227 | #552 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 252 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1947 | 118 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 77 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 57 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 66 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 68 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 72 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 60 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 55 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 77 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 72 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 75 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 79 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 68 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 68 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 70 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 75 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 76 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 71 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 50 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 54 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 58 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 58 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,575 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,284 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,036 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,400 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,373 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,675 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,072 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,587 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,524 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,686 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,697 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Coleen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Coleen has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 104 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Coleen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Coleen, and how old are they?
9,310 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 11,998 Americans ever recorded as Coleen. The median Coleen alive today is 63 years old; half are between 54 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 10,357 people named Coleen (10,346 women and girls, 11 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,010 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 358 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,750 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 946 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 216 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 42 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Coleen born?
The states with the most babies named Coleen are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,218 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 1,178 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,079 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| New Jersey | 605 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Michigan | 478 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 470 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 396 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Iowa | 316 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Massachusetts | 275 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 240 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Coleen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Coleen is most over-represented in New Jersey: since 1912 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Coleen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 176,331 babies since 1880, Coleen is the second most given (6.8% of them). In 2025 none of their 60 babies recorded by SSA was a Coleen (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Coleen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Coleen and names like it
- Compare Coleen and ColleenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sColeen peaked in 1959.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Coleen since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Coleen.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Coleen alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.