Coleman
Boy · KOHL-man · Irish
Coleman is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,310th for boys in the US (148 babies).
What does Coleman mean?
Irish: Irish surname from Colmán; also an English surname for a charcoal burner
In Ireland it comes from the name Colmán, 'little dove'; in England it was a surname for a charcoal burner.
- Say it
- KOHL-man
Is Coleman a girl's or a boy's name?
Coleman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 148 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coleman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,310among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 148about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 148 boys in the US were named Coleman, making it the 1,310th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,022nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 420 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Coleman than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Coleman in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 157 boys in the US were given Coleman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,134, up from #1,310 for this spelling alone.
- Coleman 148
- Koleman 9
Coleman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148 | #1,310 |
| 2024 | 154 | #1,275 |
| 2023 | 176 | #1,169 |
| 2022 | 178 | #1,156 |
| 2021 | 175 | #1,148 |
| 2020 | 203 | #1,022 |
| 2019 | 182 | #1,094 |
| 2018 | 208 | #995 |
| 2017 | 246 | #873 |
| 2016 | 212 | #971 |
| 2015 | 251 | #884 |
| 2014 | 223 | #947 |
| 2013 | 252 | #845 |
| 2012 | 256 | #841 |
| 2011 | 221 | #912 |
| 2010 | 273 | #793 |
| 2009 | 276 | #806 |
| 2008 | 307 | #741 |
| 2007 | 350 | #680 |
| 2006 | 347 | #661 |
| 2005 | 363 | #616 |
| 2004 | 331 | #637 |
| 2003 | 368 | #589 |
| 2002 | 399 | #554 |
| 2001 | 369 | #563 |
| 2000 | 388 | #544 |
| 1999 | 354 | #563 |
| 1998 | 391 | #527 |
| 1997 | 420 | #497 |
| 1996 | 345 | #546 |
| 1995 | 340 | #551 |
| 1994 | 303 | #590 |
| 1993 | 284 | #616 |
| 1992 | 254 | #645 |
| 1991 | 195 | #721 |
| 1990 | 166 | #782 |
| 1989 | 145 | #822 |
| 1988 | 137 | #808 |
| 1987 | 172 | #689 |
| 1986 | 150 | #741 |
| 1985 | 140 | #752 |
| 1984 | 120 | #796 |
| 1983 | 123 | #786 |
| 1982 | 123 | #798 |
| 1981 | 91 | #938 |
| 1980 | 76 | #1,038 |
| 1979 | 75 | #1,023 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,121 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,390 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,114 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,073 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,201 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,000 |
| 1968 | 67 | #877 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,102 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,100 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,000 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,035 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | 75 | #878 |
| 1961 | 72 | #900 |
| 1960 | 64 | #943 |
| 1959 | 65 | #949 |
| 1958 | 75 | #870 |
| 1957 | 78 | #848 |
| 1956 | 98 | #740 |
| 1955 | 70 | #884 |
| 1954 | 87 | #761 |
| 1953 | 80 | #797 |
| 1952 | 82 | #774 |
| 1951 | 93 | #718 |
| 1950 | 89 | #725 |
| 1949 | 97 | #691 |
| 1948 | 102 | #668 |
| 1947 | 114 | #645 |
| 1946 | 94 | #668 |
| 1945 | 72 | #718 |
| 1944 | 85 | #674 |
| 1943 | 95 | #655 |
| 1942 | 68 | #780 |
| 1941 | 86 | #660 |
| 1940 | 88 | #635 |
| 1939 | 81 | #660 |
| 1938 | 90 | #628 |
| 1937 | 80 | #665 |
| 1936 | 93 | #601 |
| 1935 | 73 | #710 |
| 1934 | 116 | #549 |
| 1933 | 77 | #668 |
| 1932 | 92 | #620 |
| 1931 | 87 | #633 |
| 1930 | 108 | #576 |
| 1929 | 118 | #536 |
| 1928 | 108 | #594 |
| 1927 | 115 | #576 |
| 1926 | 130 | #533 |
| 1925 | 126 | #547 |
| 1924 | 107 | #616 |
| 1923 | 122 | #564 |
| 1922 | 112 | #612 |
| 1921 | 146 | #513 |
| 1920 | 112 | #590 |
| 1919 | 130 | #521 |
| 1918 | 133 | #519 |
| 1917 | 110 | #561 |
| 1916 | 120 | #520 |
| 1915 | 116 | #518 |
| 1914 | 102 | #481 |
| 1913 | 75 | #502 |
| 1912 | 69 | #470 |
| 1911 | 36 | #489 |
| 1910 | 40 | #430 |
| 1909 | 38 | #397 |
| 1908 | 21 | #553 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1905 | 21 | #491 |
| 1904 | 28 | #390 |
| 1903 | 28 | #360 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 19 | #433 |
| 1900 | 26 | #446 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 19 | #473 |
| 1897 | 25 | #375 |
| 1896 | 18 | #481 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 20 | #401 |
| 1892 | 21 | #415 |
| 1891 | 16 | #441 |
| 1890 | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 17 | #464 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 11 | #578 |
| 1885 | 17 | #439 |
| 1884 | 14 | #504 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 18 | #426 |
| 1881 | 16 | #431 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Nicknames for Coleman
- Cole 371 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Coleman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nolan Logan Oscar Keegan Owen Ivan Morgan Simon Cullen Callan Clayton Riley
Other spellings of Coleman
Names related to Coleman
More Irish names
Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Lennon