# Coleman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/coleman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊlmən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,628 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,599 / 29 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 5 | 4,373 |
| 1989 | 7 | 9,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,909 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,680 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,146 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 221 | 913 |
| 2012 | 256 | 841 |
| 2013 | 252 | 845 |
| 2014 | 223 | 948 |
| 2015 | 251 | 884 |
| 2016 | 212 | 971 |
| 2017 | 246 | 873 |
| 2018 | 208 | 995 |
| 2019 | 182 | 1,095 |
| 2020 | 203 | 1,022 |
| 2021 | 175 | 1,149 |
| 2022 | 178 | 1,158 |
| 2023 | 176 | 1,170 |
| 2024 | 154 | 1,277 |
| 2025 | 148 | 1,311 |

## People named Coleman

- Coleman Hawkins, American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
- Arthur Coleman Danto, American art critic and philosopher (1924–2013)
- Beals Coleman Wright, American tennis player (1879–1961)
- Anna Coleman Ladd, American sculptor (1878–1939)
- Coleman Francis, American film director and actor (1919-1973)
- Coleman Barks, American poet
- Coleman Young, American politician (1918–1997)
- Elizabeth Coleman White, American blueberry botanist (1871-1954)
- Coleman Livingston Blease, American politician (1868-1942)
- Countee Cullen, American author (1903–1946)
- Charles C. Thompson, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.