Coleman Boy
How popular is Coleman?
#1,310 boy name in 2025
148 baby boys were named Coleman in the US in 2025, making it the 1310th most popular boy name.
Coleman popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,310 for boys (▼ 35 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 148 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #884 in 2015, #1,022 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (420 boys) |
| Highest rank | #360 in 1903 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Coleman counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Coleman family of names ranked #1,123 for boys in 2025 (#1,117 the year before), with 157 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman | 148 | 94% |
| Koleman | 9 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Coleman is most popular
Babies named Coleman per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.5 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Coleman by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 147 | #392 |
| 1890s | 169 | #375 |
| 1900s | 237 | #360 |
| 1910s | 931 | #430 |
| 1920s | 1,196 | #513 |
| 1930s | 897 | #549 |
| 1940s | 901 | #635 |
| 1950s | 817 | #718 |
| 1960s | 586 | #877 |
| 1970s | 533 | #1,023 |
| 1980s | 1,277 | #689 |
| 1990s | 3,052 | #497 |
| 2000s | 3,498 | #544 |
| 2010s | 2,324 | #793 |
| 2020s | 1,034 | #1,022 |
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Questions
- Is Coleman a boy or girl name?
- Coleman is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Coleman were boys.
- How popular is the name Coleman?
- 148 baby boys were named Coleman in the US in 2025, making it the 1310th most popular boy name.
- When was Coleman most popular?
- Coleman peaked in 1997, when 420 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #360 in 1903.
- How many people are named Coleman?
- 17,628 babies have been named Coleman in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,113 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Coleman most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Coleman was most common in South Carolina, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.