Coleta — girls' name
203 babies named Coleta in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Coleta was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Coleta in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Coleta
The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Coleta between 1913 and 1962, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Coleta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Coleta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Coleta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Coleta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Coleta 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 203 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.
Coleta at a glance
Last recorded 1962Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Coleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1913
- Peak year (1935)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1962.
203 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 13 births in a single year.
Coleta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 70 births that decade — 34% of Coleta's all-time total
Coleta decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Coleta's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Coleta by state
Where Coleta concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 12 | 5.9% |
12 of 203 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–1962 (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.