Coley
Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Coley was most popular in 2008, when 42 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,471 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,377 people named Coley.
Coley over time
How old is the name Coley?
Coley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 131 of the 145 years since.
How many people are named Coley?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,377 American births named Coley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,609 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Coley in 2025?
15 American babies were named Coley in 2025, ranking #12,329 that year.
Is Coley getting more or less popular?
Coley is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 17 births a year, against 22 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -22% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Coley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Coley is mostly a boy’s name — 14.6% of the 2,377 Americans given it were girls and 85.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2018 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 54% girls and 46% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Coley?
Roughly 1,609 Americans named Coley are alive today — 68% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 18 and 54. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Coley is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org