boys:
235 births since 1997
#4351 (5th percentile)
overall:
235 births since 1997
#7504 (3rd percentile)
The name Koleman is the #7,504 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 235 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,351 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 235 births since 1997.
Koleman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (first recorded for boys in 1997). Birth data for Koleman is available in 25 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Koleman reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #784) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Koleman ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 48.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Koleman".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Koleman is pronounced as KOHL-muhn, which has 2 syllables.
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