Coley
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KOH-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Coley is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Coley come from?
English: English surname, or a pet form of names like Nicole
Is Coley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Coley has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Coley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Coley, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976. 8 boys were also named Coley in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Coley than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Coley in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1979, 16% of the babies named Coley in the US were girls. By 2010 it was 55%, with more girls than boys since 2008.
Coley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Coley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley, Kenley, Kinsley, Finley, Kinley, Teagan, Lainey, Oakley, Bailey, Cassidy, Briar, Blakely
Names related to Coley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Coley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coley, updated 20 October 2026.