How Many People Are Named Cole?
people named Cole are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,265 people in the US has this name
Based on 154,646 babies named Cole in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,054 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from the Old English byname COLA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cole in English. Counting Cole and these spellings together, about 160,546 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cole (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cole alive today is about 20 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cole first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 2002, to 6,054 babies. In 2025, 2,009 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cole never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #69, in 2002 to 2003, and it was in the top 100 for 15 years, 1997 to 2011. In 2025 it ranked #182.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #182 |
| Best rank | #69 (2002 to 2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | 15 (1997 to 2011) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #76 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cole alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cole were born in California than in any other state: about 13,767 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cole was given 3.2 times as often in North Dakota, 2.7 times in Montana and 2.7 times in South Dakota.
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