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How popular is “Cole” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cole” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cole” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cole” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cole” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cole” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cole” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cole” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 23 0.000023278 23 -100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 -100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 -100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 -100%
1942 28 0.00001025 28 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 34 0.000009438 34 -100%
1948 40 0.000011586 40 -100%
1949 30 0.000008609 30 -100%
1950 28 0.000007992 28 -100%
1951 50 0.000013573 50 -100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 -100%
1953 40 0.00001038 40 -100%
1954 64 0.000016078 64 -100%
1955 62 0.000015442 62 -100%
1956 61 0.000014795 61 -100%
1957 73 0.000017372 73 -100%
1958 72 0.000017417 72 -100%
1959 69 0.000016595 69 -100%
1960 72 0.000017333 72 -100%
1961 98 0.000023658 98 -100%
1962 83 0.000020568 83 -100%
1963 63 0.000015916 63 -100%
1964 64 0.000016463 64 -100%
1965 68 0.000018756 68 -100%
1966 50 0.000014386 50 -100%
1967 53 0.000015612 53 -100%
1968 69 0.000020424 69 -100%
1969 83 0.000023883 83 -100%
1970 99 0.00002745 99 -100%
1971 99 0.000028843 99 -100%
1972 139 0.000044225 139 -100%
1973 159 0.000052703 159 -100%
1974 181 0.000059539 181 -100%
1975 158 0.000052328 158 -100%
1976 144 0.000047457 144 -100%
1977 157 0.000049426 157 -100%
1978 149 0.000046946 149 -100%
1979 158 0.00004749 158 -100%
1980 278 0.000080708 6 272 -96%
1981 299 0.000086432 299 -100%
1982 818 0.000233184 12 806 -97%
1983 1126 0.00032512 14 1112 -98%
1984 1177 0.00033737 14 1163 -98%
1985 1185 0.000332016 1185 -100%
1986 1081 0.000303901 11 1070 -98%
1987 1010 0.000280119 7 1003 -99%
1988 908 0.000245735 5 903 -99%
1989 916 0.000238266 7 909 -98%
1990 1110 0.000280836 11 1099 -98%
1991 1992 0.00051139 13 1979 -99%
1992 2326 0.000605528 14 2312 -99%
1993 2675 0.000709497 10 2665 -99%
1994 3312 0.000890885 11 3301 -99%
1995 3164 0.000863972 15 3149 -99%
1996 3749 0.001027913 12 3737 -99%
1997 5174 0.001427016 15 5159 -99%
1998 5160 0.001402857 12 5148 -100%
1999 5332 0.001443474 15 5317 -99%
2000 5944 0.001572527 18 5926 -99%
2001 5751 0.001536308 12 5739 -100%
2002 6054 0.001619457 16 6038 -99%
2003 5903 0.001552474 5 5898 -100%
2004 5671 0.001484196 23 5648 -99%
2005 5601 0.001456756 14 5587 -100%
2006 5671 0.00143345 32 5639 -99%
2007 5717 0.001430078 14 5703 -100%
2008 5408 0.001375849 19 5389 -99%
2009 5292 0.001385277 14 5278 -99%
2010 4595 0.001243324 5 4590 -100%
2011 4153 0.001135384 13 4140 -99%
2012 3791 0.001036538 12 3779 -99%
2013 3466 0.000950718 13 3453 -99%
2014 3435 0.000926781 9 3426 -99%
2015 3514 0.000949496 15 3499 -99%
2016 3621 0.000986999 18 3603 -99%
2017 3479 0.000972822 12 3467 -99%
2018 3360 0.000955659 13 3347 -99%
2019 3107 0.000895148 16 3091 -99%
2020 2778 0.000831593 10 2768 -99%
2021 2846 0.000840036 12 2834 -99%
2022 2633 0.000778272 8 2625 -99%
2023 2377 0.000717868 14 2363 -99%
2024 2224 0.000668169 5 2219 -100%

Explore other names

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  10. Coledon
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