Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cole

#228 most common boys' name of all time · #494 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · 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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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