Koleman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-man
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Koleman is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Koleman mean?
Irish: spelling of Coleman; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Coleman.
Is Koleman a girl's or a boy's name?
Koleman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Koleman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Koleman, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Koleman in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 157 boys in the US were given Koleman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,134, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Coleman 148
- Koleman 9
Koleman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Nicknames for Koleman
- Cole 371 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Koleman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Declan Ronan Kian Aiden Callan Rowan Kayden Kellan Brayden Kieran Kylan
Other spellings of Koleman
Names related to Koleman
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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, “Koleman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/koleman, updated 20 October 2026.