Girls' name · since 1928
Coleene
Since 1928, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Coleene, peaking in 1939. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1928
- 1930s
- peak decade
Coleene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 42 recorded since 1928.
Coleene has 42 recorded births among girls since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1963.
- #36,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1928
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Coleene ranks #36,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1928, peaking in the 1930s.
- #36,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1928
- 1930s
- peak decade
Coleene's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Coleene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Coleene's full recorded timeline at 1941, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1939 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Coleene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1963
- Peak year (1939)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Coleene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (16 births, 38% of the file).
1930s was Coleene's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Coleene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
16 births
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 16 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Coleene's data
- Coleene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Coleene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1939)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1928–1963 (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 Coleene 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.