Cole
Cole is ranked 162nd among boys in 2024 (2,219 births). Its best rank was 69th, in 2002–2003.
- Rank in 2024
- #162down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,2190.13% of boys
- Peak year
- 20026,038 births
- Best rank
- #69first in 2002
- Since 1886
- 152,069people given the name
The story in the numbers
152,069 boys have been named Cole in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 6,038 births — 0.31% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 115 → 162).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 37%. It has spent 73 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 15 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cole | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 16 | |
| 1910s | 190 | |
| 1920s | 156 | |
| 1930s | 127 | |
| 1940s | 224 | |
| 1950s | 562 | |
| 1960s | 703 | |
| 1970s | 1,443 | |
| 1980s | 8,722 | |
| 1990s | 33,866 | |
| 2000s | 56,845 | |
| 2010s | 36,395 | |
| 2020s | 12,809 |
In 2002, its biggest year
Cole was the 69th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2002 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2002.
Names that rose and fell with Cole
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sahilpeak 2001
- Kushpeak 2005
- Kiernanpeak 2008
- Lucpeak 2002
- Dalynpeak 2002
- Calebpeak 2002
- Akshaypeak 2008
- Caymanpeak 2006
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.