Masculine dossier · first seen 1880
Coleman
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 1997
Peak era
1997
Peak births
420
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Gen Z
Quick answers about Coleman
How many people are named Coleman?
An estimated 12,787 living Americans are named Coleman.
How rare is Coleman?
Coleman is uncommon among babies today, with 148 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 64.8% from its 1997 peak.
How old is the typical Coleman?
The median age of a living American named Coleman is approximately 26 years, with most bearers falling between 16 and 36 years old.
Is Coleman still popular?
Not especially. Coleman has been declining since its 1997 peak and registered 148 births in 2025.
Where is Coleman most common?
Coleman has its strongest geographic signal in South Carolina, where it appears 5.6× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19972025
Peak year
1997
Decline from peak
64.8%
2025
148
All-time
17,599
Where it lives now
Coleman is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 5.6× the national rate in the 2010s.
States where Coleman is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.