Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Coleman

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Coleman
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1997

Peak rank proxy

421

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 19972024

Peak year

1997

Decline from peak

63.7%

2024

153

All-time

17,451

Coleman has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1997, when 421 boys were named Coleman.

In 2024, only 153 boys were given the name.

Down 63.7% from its peak.

All told, about 17,451 Americans have been named Coleman and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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