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.

Colene

#5,128 most common girls' name of all time · #8,686 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1908–1997

Rank among girls
#5,128
Rank overall
#8,686 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
1,624
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1931 #1,027
Best rank
#1,027 1931
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
1920194019601980

Colene first appears in 1908. 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
1997 5 — 5 #13,849
1995 5 — 5 #13,545
1993 8 — 8 #9,640
1992 7 — 7 #10,578
1991 6 — 6 #11,633
1990 8 — 8 #9,331
1989 5 — 5 #12,512
1988 5 — 5 #11,962
1987 9 — 9 #7,433
1986 13 — 13 #5,495
1985 9 — 9 #7,019
1984 10 — 10 #6,359
1983 16 — 16 #4,520
1982 14 — 14 #4,982
1981 13 — 13 #5,311
1980 15 — 15 #4,780
1979 13 — 13 #5,140
1978 21 — 21 #3,534
1977 8 — 8 #6,987
1976 13 — 13 #4,658
1975 22 — 22 #3,182
1974 17 — 17 #3,730
1973 24 — 24 #2,847
1972 18 — 18 #3,433
1971 23 — 23 #2,976
1970 20 — 20 #3,234
1969 19 — 19 #3,128
1968 26 — 26 #2,451
1967 29 — 29 #2,230
1966 21 — 21 #2,691
1965 27 — 27 #2,313
1964 24 — 24 #2,551
1963 31 — 31 #2,138
1962 23 — 23 #2,562
1961 20 — 20 #2,784
1960 24 — 24 #2,459
1959 19 — 19 #2,706
1958 17 — 17 #2,906
1957 24 — 24 #2,311
1956 20 — 20 #2,562
1955 13 — 13 #3,274
1954 20 — 20 #2,486
1953 25 — 25 #2,094
1952 17 — 17 #2,621
1951 14 — 14 #2,871
1950 24 — 24 #1,978
1949 15 — 15 #2,663
1948 24 — 24 #1,983
1947 29 — 29 #1,803
1946 18 — 18 #2,281
1945 22 — 22 #1,815
1944 24 — 24 #1,720
1943 25 — 25 #1,732
1942 22 — 22 #1,838
1941 18 — 18 #1,987
1940 29 — 29 #1,427
1939 30 — 30 #1,371
1938 32 — 32 #1,307
1937 35 — 35 #1,227
1936 32 — 32 #1,288
1935 32 — 32 #1,296
1934 38 — 38 #1,162
1933 34 — 34 #1,240
1932 42 — 42 #1,115
1931 47 — 47 #1,027
1930 36 — 36 #1,270
1929 37 — 37 #1,240
1928 31 — 31 #1,420
1927 20 — 20 #1,999
1926 20 — 20 #1,978
1925 17 — 17 #2,259
1924 15 — 15 #2,480
1923 12 — 12 #2,830
1922 13 — 13 #2,718
1921 18 — 18 #2,171
1920 11 — 11 #3,021
1919 11 — 11 #2,931
1918 9 — 9 #3,381
1917 15 — 15 #2,288
1916 9 — 9 #3,172
1915 10 — 10 #2,828
1914 7 — 7 #3,064
1913 6 — 6 #3,046
1912 5 — 5 #3,234
1911 5 — 5 #2,748
1908 5 — 5 #2,386