Cole
#228 most common boys' name of all time · #494 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1886–2025
Rank among boys
#228
Rank overall
#494 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
154,646
Since 2016
28,451
Peak year
2002 #69
Best rank
#69 2002
Girls
Boys
peak 6,054/yr
Cole first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 2,003 | 2,009 | #182 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2,224 | 2,230 | #163 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2,364 | 2,378 | #155 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,626 | 2,634 | #144 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,835 | 2,847 | #132 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,771 | 2,781 | #133 |
| 2019 | 16 | 3,093 | 3,109 | #123 |
| 2018 | 13 | 3,348 | 3,361 | #118 |
| 2017 | 12 | 3,468 | 3,480 | #116 |
| 2016 | 18 | 3,604 | 3,622 | #110 |
| 2015 | 15 | 3,499 | 3,514 | #115 |
| 2014 | 9 | 3,426 | 3,435 | #117 |
| 2013 | 13 | 3,454 | 3,467 | #114 |
| 2012 | 12 | 3,779 | 3,791 | #102 |
| 2011 | 13 | 4,140 | 4,153 | #94 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,590 | 4,595 | #90 |
| 2009 | 14 | 5,278 | 5,292 | #82 |
| 2008 | 19 | 5,389 | 5,408 | #85 |
| 2007 | 14 | 5,703 | 5,717 | #84 |
| 2006 | 32 | 5,640 | 5,672 | #84 |
| 2005 | 14 | 5,587 | 5,601 | #79 |
| 2004 | 23 | 5,648 | 5,671 | #75 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5,898 | 5,903 | #69 |
| 2002 | 16 | 6,038 | 6,054 | #69 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5,739 | 5,751 | #74 |
| 2000 | 18 | 5,926 | 5,944 | #71 |
| 1999 | 15 | 5,317 | 5,332 | #75 |
| 1998 | 12 | 5,148 | 5,160 | #77 |
| 1997 | 15 | 5,159 | 5,174 | #72 |
| 1996 | 12 | 3,737 | 3,749 | #106 |
| 1995 | 15 | 3,150 | 3,165 | #118 |
| 1994 | 11 | 3,302 | 3,313 | #111 |
| 1993 | 10 | 2,665 | 2,675 | #130 |
| 1992 | 14 | 2,312 | 2,326 | #143 |
| 1991 | 13 | 1,978 | 1,991 | #162 |
| 1990 | 11 | 1,100 | 1,111 | #248 |
| 1989 | 7 | 909 | 916 | #272 |
| 1988 | 5 | 904 | 909 | #260 |
| 1987 | 7 | 1,003 | 1,010 | #234 |
| 1986 | 11 | 1,070 | 1,081 | #220 |
| 1985 | — | 1,185 | 1,185 | #204 |
| 1984 | 14 | 1,163 | 1,177 | #202 |
| 1983 | 14 | 1,112 | 1,126 | #209 |
| 1982 | 12 | 806 | 818 | #266 |
| 1981 | — | 299 | 299 | #485 |
| 1980 | 6 | 271 | 277 | #517 |
| 1979 | — | 158 | 158 | #679 |
| 1978 | — | 149 | 149 | #686 |
| 1977 | — | 157 | 157 | #676 |
| 1976 | — | 144 | 144 | #694 |
| 1975 | — | 158 | 158 | #655 |
| 1974 | — | 181 | 181 | #593 |
| 1973 | — | 159 | 159 | #625 |
| 1972 | — | 140 | 140 | #681 |
| 1971 | — | 99 | 99 | #814 |
| 1970 | — | 99 | 99 | #814 |
| 1969 | — | 83 | 83 | #842 |
| 1968 | — | 69 | 69 | #872 |
| 1967 | — | 53 | 53 | #995 |
| 1966 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,036 |
| 1965 | — | 68 | 68 | #892 |
| 1964 | — | 64 | 64 | #953 |
| 1963 | — | 63 | 63 | #951 |
| 1962 | — | 83 | 83 | #835 |
| 1961 | — | 98 | 98 | #778 |
| 1960 | — | 72 | 72 | #894 |
| 1959 | — | 69 | 69 | #923 |
| 1958 | — | 72 | 72 | #890 |
| 1957 | — | 73 | 73 | #887 |
| 1956 | — | 61 | 61 | #958 |
| 1955 | — | 62 | 62 | #952 |
| 1954 | — | 64 | 64 | #931 |
| 1953 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1952 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1951 | — | 50 | 50 | #999 |
| 1950 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,376 |
| 1949 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,336 |
| 1948 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,136 |
| 1947 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,261 |
| 1946 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,723 |
| 1945 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,108 |
| 1943 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,503 |
| 1942 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,321 |
| 1941 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,373 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,895 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,119 |
| 1937 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,909 |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1934 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,414 |
| 1932 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,743 |
| 1931 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 1930 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,491 |
| 1929 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,242 |
| 1928 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,744 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,013 |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,891 |
| 1924 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,075 |
| 1923 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,720 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,905 |
| 1921 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,806 |
| 1919 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,596 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,943 |
| 1917 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,716 |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,397 |
| 1915 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,330 |
| 1914 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,248 |
| 1913 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,191 |
| 1912 | — | 23 | 23 | #956 |
| 1911 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,161 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,502 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,558 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,436 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,260 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,153 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #942 |