Coley

Coley was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).

Coley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Coley as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Coley as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#8,910 (8)—
2024#9,894 (7)—
2023#10,821 (6)—
2022#8,990 (8)—
2021#9,714 (7)—
2020#8,739 (8)—
2019#8,215 (9)—
2018#6,036 (14)—
2017#7,546 (10)—
2016#7,605 (10)#4,810 (3)
2015#8,744 (8)—
2014#8,130 (9)—
2013#10,728 (6)#3,822 (4)
2012#9,709 (7)—
2011#6,256 (13)—

Coley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Coley as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Coley as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#11,932 (7)—
2024#8,946 (11)—
2023#9,616 (10)—
2022#11,231 (8)—
2021#8,464 (12)—
2020#8,406 (12)—
2019#11,356 (8)—
2018#8,617 (12)—
2017#7,442 (15)—
2016#11,781 (8)—
2015#7,613 (15)—
2014#9,517 (11)—
2013#10,235 (10)—
2012#7,456 (16)—
2011#8,614 (13)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1893 at #615.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • In 2025, 47% of US babies named Coley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Coley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 160,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.