Cole

Boy · recorded 1886–2025

  • #182in 2025
  • 1 in 852boys in 2025
  • −36%last ten years
  • 4.1×in New Hampshire

Most popular in 2002. Quieter now: down 36% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

01,5553,11018861921195619902025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 121 recorded years as a table
Cole, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188654
189947
190040
190734
190930
191031
191144
191253
191337
191435
191531
191628
191721
191817
191922
19209
192117
192217
192319
192414
192516
192614
19279
192814
192912
193010
193115
193217
193310
193417
19359
193613
193711
193811
19396
19409
194118
194220
194315
19449
19456
194611
194719
194823
194917
195016
195127
195222
195320
195431
195530
195629
195734
195834
195932
196034
196146
196240
196331
196432
196537
196628
196730
196840
196946
197053
197156
197286
1973102
1974115
1975101
197692
197796
197891
197992
1980152
1981167
1982444
1983620
1984644
1985641
1986581
1987537
1988472
1989454
1990536
1991979
19921,157
19931,359
19941,709
19951,655
19961,973
19972,737
19982,693
19992,769
20003,017
20012,954
20023,110
20032,986
20042,845
20052,797
20062,744
20072,748
20082,641
20092,661
20102,392
20112,180
20121,992
20131,826
20141,784
20151,825
20161,899
20171,874
20181,843
20191,724
20201,605
20211,620
20221,504
20231,382
20241,291
20251,173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Hampshire 4.1×
  2. Rhode Island 3.6×
  3. Maine 2.8×
  4. Connecticut 2.7×
  5. Massachusetts 2.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,003
Rank in 2025
#182
How rare
1 in 852 boys
Since 1886
154,093

Most popular in 2002, at 3,110 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 36% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Hampshire4.1×69
Rhode Island3.6×44
Maine2.8×41
Connecticut2.7×139
Massachusetts2.7×277

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.