How Many People Are Named Coleman?
people named Coleman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 26,254 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,628 babies named Coleman in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
420 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of COLMÁN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Coleman (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Coleman alive today is about 29 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Coleman first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1997, to 420 babies. In 2025, 148 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Coleman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #360, in 1903. In 2025 it ranked #1,311.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,311 |
| Best rank | #360 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #632 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Coleman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Coleman were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,146 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Coleman was given 5 times as often in Alabama, 4.6 times in South Carolina and 3.5 times in Kentucky.
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