girl's name

Colene

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,632

Scotland

#650

1985 births

Colene is a girl's name. In 1997 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1931, when 47 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1908.

Colene over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1997, not a full ten years.

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'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Colene by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 5
1910s 77
1920s 194
1930s 358
1940s 226
1950s 193
1960s 244
1970s 179
1980s 109
1990s (to 1997) 39

How popular is Colene?

In 1997, Colene was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Colene is used

Scotland #650 3 in 1985
France #4,449 5 in 1999
United States #15,463 5 in 1997

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Colene

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Colene also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Colene over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Colene

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Colene — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Colene

How popular is the name Colene?

In 1997, Colene was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Colene a girl's or a boy's name?

Colene is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Colene most popular?

Colene peaked in 1931, when 47 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.