NameTides

Coleman

Coleman was the #1,310 boys' name in the US in 2025 (148 babies).

Coleman as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Coleman as a boy’s name, US, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Coleman as a boy’s name, US, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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
YearUSIrelandCanada
2025#1,310 (148)——
2024#1,275 (154)——
2023#1,169 (176)—#2,123 (8)
2022#1,156 (178)—#2,493 (6)
2021#1,148 (175)——
2020#1,022 (203)—#2,431 (6)
2019#1,094 (182)——
2018#995 (208)——
2017#873 (246)—#2,762 (5)
2016#971 (212)—#2,718 (5)
2015#884 (251)—#2,715 (5)
2014#947 (223)#609 (4)#2,133 (7)
2013#845 (252)——
2012#841 (256)#718 (3)#2,158 (7)
2011#912 (221)#730 (3)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1903 at #360.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Coleman is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Coleman by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Coleman (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ColemanCanadaBoys—too few
ColemanIrelandBoys—too few
ColemanUSGirls—too few
ColemanUSBoys#1,310148