Coleen
Coleen is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Coleen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Coleen is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Coleen
American parents first put Coleen on the record books as a baby girl name in 1912, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1959, when 423 Coleens were born — ranking #469 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 30% of all recorded Coleens. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 12K Coleens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Coleen
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Coleen. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Coleen
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About the name Coleen
Coleen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Coleen's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #469. Use the chart and map above to compare Coleen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.