NameTides

Cole

Cole was the #182 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,003 babies), and #179 in England & Wales and #156 in Canada.

Cole as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cole as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSIrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Cole as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#182 (2,003)#179 (289)#64 (73)#212 (9)#185 (26)#156 (208)
2024#162 (2,224)#169 (300)#66 (77)#125 (17)#183 (27)#179 (189)
2023#155 (2,364)#200 (247)#78 (66)#272 (6)#203 (24)#165 (197)
2022#144 (2,626)#184 (277)#72 (77)#142 (17)#219 (23)#132 (249)
2021#132 (2,835)#204 (265)#66 (83)#134 (19)#178 (30)#141 (253)
2020#133 (2,771)#183 (291)#64 (81)#132 (19)#132 (45)#142 (247)
2019#123 (3,093)#171 (317)#62 (94)#209 (10)#143 (42)#116 (309)
2018#118 (3,348)#139 (413)#60 (104)#141 (17)#168 (34)#111 (329)
2017#116 (3,468)#144 (402)#54 (109)#98 (29)#156 (38)#90 (389)
2016#110 (3,604)#145 (396)#57 (117)#134 (21)#224 (24)#113 (349)
2015#115 (3,499)#180 (327)#61 (114)#169 (14)#265 (18)#90 (414)
2014#116 (3,426)#171 (335)#60 (110)#135 (21)#325 (13)#101 (403)
2013#114 (3,454)#161 (348)#53 (124)#161 (16)#223 (25)#98 (413)
2012#102 (3,779)#151 (388)#46 (152)#174 (14)#354 (11)#84 (466)
2011#94 (4,140)#151 (394)#48 (162)#161 (16)#232 (23)#57 (601)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #69.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 850 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 850common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 940common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 270common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 910common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 770common

Next year

On its recent trend, Cole is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 920 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 900 to 1 in 930.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cole by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #126MEWisconsin: #186WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #66NHWashington: #220WAIdaho: #214IDMontana: #159MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #208MNIllinois: #155ILMichigan: #108MINew York: #111NYMassachusetts: #67MAOregon: #230ORNevada: #230NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #191IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #170OHPennsylvania: #105PANew Jersey: #104NJConnecticut: #90CTRhode Island: #71RICalifornia: #259CAUtah: #136UTColorado: #161CONebraska: #228NEMissouri: #156MOKentucky: #173KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #148VAMaryland: #128MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #232AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #196KSArkansas: #199ARTennessee: #259TNNorth Carolina: #222NCSouth Carolina: #265SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #252OKLouisiana: #154LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #428GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #286TXFlorida: #209FL
Cole (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#13298
Quebec2025#21625

Cole (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ColeCanadaGirls—too few
ColeCanadaBoys#156208
ColeEngland & WalesBoys#179289
ColeIrelandBoys#18526
ColeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ColeNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
ColeScotlandBoys#6473
ColeUSGirls#13,2086
ColeUSBoys#1822,003