Coleman
Coleman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 153 births. Its best rank was 360th, in 1903.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1530.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1997421 births
- Best rank
- #360in 1903
- Since 1880
- 17,451people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,451 boys have been named Coleman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 421 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 2000s alone account for 20%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Coleman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 147 | |
| 1890s | 169 | |
| 1900s | 237 | |
| 1910s | 931 | |
| 1920s | 1,196 | |
| 1930s | 897 | |
| 1940s | 901 | |
| 1950s | 817 | |
| 1960s | 586 | |
| 1970s | 534 | |
| 1980s | 1,277 | |
| 1990s | 3,052 | |
| 2000s | 3,498 | |
| 2010s | 2,324 | |
| 2020s | 885 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Coleman was the 496th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Coleman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Samuelpeak 2001
- Emanuelpeak 2007
- Isiahpeak 2001
- Houstonpeak 2021
- Esaupeak 2007
- Edsonpeak 2019
- Abrahampeak 2016
- Solomonpeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.