Colene
Colene was last recorded in 1997, when 5 babies were given it; 1,624 Americans have been recorded with it between 1908 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Colene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Colene mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Colene is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Colene?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,205, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
47 babies in 1931, the peak
Colene peaked in 1931, when 47 girls were given it, #1,025 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | #14,205 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,878 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,745 | 4.4 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,719 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,811 | 3.2 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,435 | 4.2 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,789 | 2.7 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,187 | 2.8 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,493 | 5.2 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,502 | 7.6 |
Every recorded year (86)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 9 | #7,065 | 5.2 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,384 | 5.9 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,508 | 9.6 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,982 | 8.3 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,316 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,768 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,146 | 8.1 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,526 | 13.7 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,995 | 5.2 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,667 | 8.9 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,178 | 15.1 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,722 | 11.6 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,841 | 16.5 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,424 | 11.8 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,975 | 13.8 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,228 | 11.4 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,116 | 11.3 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,437 | 15.8 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,222 | 17.6 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,680 | 12.4 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,304 | 15.3 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,540 | 12.7 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,138 | 16.1 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,548 | 11.7 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,769 | 9.9 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,442 | 11.9 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,688 | 9.4 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,876 | 8.5 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,286 | 11.7 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,545 | 10.0 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,242 | 6.6 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,458 | 10.3 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,081 | 13.3 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,594 | 9.2 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,830 | 7.8 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,961 | 14.0 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,638 | 8.8 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,958 | 14.1 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,796 | 16.4 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,241 | 11.5 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,800 | 16.8 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,707 | 18.1 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,709 | 17.9 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,814 | 16.3 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,963 | 14.9 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,413 | 25.4 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,353 | 27.4 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,290 | 29.0 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,223 | 32.9 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,271 | 30.8 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,274 | 30.5 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,151 | 36.4 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,228 | 33.7 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,098 | 39.4 |
| 1931 | 47 | #1,025 | 44.1 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,255 | 32.0 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,225 | 33.1 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,400 | 26.9 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,946 | 16.8 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,943 | 16.9 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,208 | 14.0 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,424 | 12.0 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,761 | 9.9 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,637 | 10.8 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,140 | 14.6 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,945 | 9.2 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,849 | 9.7 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,290 | 7.8 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,219 | 13.9 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,073 | 8.6 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,736 | 10.2 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,952 | 9.2 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,890 | 9.6 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,055 | 9.0 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,548 | 12.0 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,183 | 15.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Colene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Colene has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 86 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Colene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Colene, and how old are they?
An estimated 883 Americans named Colene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 52 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,047 people named Colene (1,044 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,033 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 2,893 babies since 1880, Colene is the most given (56% of them).
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 Colene
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 Colene and names like it
- Compare Colene and ColleneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sColene peaked in 1931.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Colene since 1910.
- The top names of 1931The year the most babies were named Colene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Colene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.