How Many People Are Named Coal?
An estimated 167 people in the United States have the first name Coal. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Coal peaked in popularity in 2016 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Coal as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Coal paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
167
About 1 in 2,052,421 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2016
14 births
Total Registered
169
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Coal
Coal is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 169 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Coal as a male name
Ranked #11,128 in 2022
6 male births in 2022
Peak: 2016 (14 births)
Coal: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Coal span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 83 babies were registered. Coal has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Coal by Decade
How has Coal tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Coal + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Coal as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Coal
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Coal: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Coal?
We estimate approximately 167 people named Coal are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,052,421 Americans share this first name.
Is Coal a common name?
Coal is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 169 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Coal most popular?
Coal reached peak popularity in 2016, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Coal is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Coal a male name?
Coal is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Coal Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Coal Smith, Coal Johnson, Coal Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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