# Coolidge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coolidge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,958 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,782 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 104,376 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (2,883 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkulɪd͡ʒ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Collidge.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coolidge in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coolidge in the United States.

## People named Coolidge

- Jennifer Coolidge, American actress (born 1961)
- Rita Coolidge, American recording artist; singer
- William David Coolidge, American physicist (1873–1975)
- Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American artist (1844-1934)
- Martha Coolidge, American filmmaker, television director (born 1946)
- W. A. B. Coolidge, American historian, theologian and mountaineer (1850–1926)
- Greg Coolidge, American actor, film director
- Julian Coolidge, American mathematician and professor and chairman of the Harvard University Mathematics De
- Archibald Cary Coolidge, American historian
- Philip Coolidge, American actor (1908-1967)
- Carlos Coolidge, American politician (1792-1866)
- Marcus A. Coolidge, American politician (1865-1947)

## Similar surnames

Childs, Caldecott.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.