Colene — girls' name
1,624 babies named Colene in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Colene was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Colene in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Colene
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,624 babies named Colene between 1908 and 1997, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Colene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Colene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 358 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Colene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 71 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Colene in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Colene 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 1,624 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.
Colene at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Colene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1908
- Peak year (1931)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
1,624 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 47 births in a single year.
Colene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 358 births that decade — 22% of Colene's all-time total
Colene decade highlights
- Peak decade 358 births
- Runner-up 244 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Colene's strongest decade
358 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Colene by state
Where Colene concentrates geographically — total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 71 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #3 | California | | 15 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Nebraska | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
71 of 1,624 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 4.4% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.3% of nationwide
- California 0.9% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.7% of nationwide
- Iowa 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Colene appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1908–1997 (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.