How Many People Are Named Colen?
An estimated 357 people in the United States have the first name Colen. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 54 years old, and Colen peaked in popularity in 1943 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Colen 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 Colen paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
357
About 1 in 960,096 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
54
years old
Peak Year
1943
19 births
Total Registered
528
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Colen
Colen is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 528 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Colen as a male name
Ranked #7,213 in 2005
10 male births in 2005
Peak: 1943 (19 births)
Colen: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Colen span from the 1910s to the 2000s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 100 babies were registered. While Colen is less common than at its peak in the 1940s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Colen by Decade
How has Colen 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.
Colen by State
Colen + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Colen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Colen
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Colen: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Colen?
We estimate approximately 357 people named Colen 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 960,096 Americans share this first name.
Is Colen a common name?
Colen is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 528 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Colen most popular?
Colen reached peak popularity in 1943, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Colen is approximately 54 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Colen a male name?
Colen is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Colen Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Colen Smith, Colen Johnson, Colen 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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