How Many People Are Named Colette?
people named Colette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,916 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,987 babies named Colette in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
962 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of NICOLETTE. Saint Colette was a 15th-century French nun who gave her money to the poor. This was also the pen name of the French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Colette in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Colette alive today is about 35 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Colette first appears in the records in 1892, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 962 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Colette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #316, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #316.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #316 |
| Best rank | #316 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #596 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Colette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Colette were born in California than in any other state: about 3,504 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Colette was given 2.1 times as often in North Dakota, 2 times in Illinois and 2 times in Utah.
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