Skip to content
Little Names.

US name popularity

Cole name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Cole ranks #182 in male records (2,003 reported) and #13,569 in female records (6 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#13,569 · 6 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count stayed at 6 female records; rank moved from #13,850 to #13,569.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 6 female records (12 to 6); rank moved from #8,592 to #13,569.
2025 male rank and count
#182 · 2,003 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 221 male records (2,224 to 2,003); rank moved from #162 to #182.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 832 male records (2,835 to 2,003); rank moved from #132 to #182.
Peak year in available data
2016: 3,604 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Cole becoming more popular?

Cole's reported male count decreased by 221 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #162 to #182. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Cole in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for ColeFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.3,6040201620252016: 18 female records2017: 12 female records2018: 13 female records2019: 16 female records2020: 10 female records2021: 12 female records2022: 8 female records2023: 14 female records2024: 6 female records2025: 6 female records2016: 3,604 male records2017: 3,468 male records2018: 3,348 male records2019: 3,093 male records2020: 2,771 male records2021: 2,835 male records2022: 2,626 male records2023: 2,364 male records2024: 2,224 male records2025: 2,003 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025613,5692,003182
2024613,8502,224162
2023147,7312,364155
2022811,4302,626144
2021128,5922,835132
2020109,7172,771133
2019167,1013,093123
2018138,2503,348118
2017128,9183,468116
2016186,7183,604110

Questions about Cole’s popularity

How common is Cole in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Cole ranks #182 in male records (2,003 reported) and #13,569 in female records (6 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Cole?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Cole only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Cole creates a match.

Download Cole’s annual counts and ranks (CSV) · Sources and calculation details

Names with a similar 2025 male rank

These published profiles are the closest male ranks to Cole’s #182 in the 2025 file.

Compare other names starting with C

All C profiles · Search the full name library