How Many People Are Named Colette?
An estimated 22,541 people in the United States have the first name Colette. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Colette peaked in popularity in 2024 with 789 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Colette 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 Colette paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
22,541
About 1 in 15,206 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
2024
789 births
Total Registered
27,021
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Colette
Colette is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 27,021 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Colette as a female name
Ranked #400 in 2024
789 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (789 births)
Colette: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Colette span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 4,997 babies were registered. While Colette is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Colette by Decade
How has Colette 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.
Colette by State
Birth registrations for Colette span all 46 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Illinois. The lowest are in Rhode Island, Vermont, Mississippi. On average, about 477 Colettes were registered per state.
Colette + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Colette as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Colette
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Colette: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Colette?
We estimate approximately 22,541 people named Colette 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 15,206 Americans share this first name.
Is Colette a common name?
Colette is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 27,021 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Colette most popular?
Colette reached peak popularity in 2024, when 789 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Colette is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Colette a female name?
Colette is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Colette Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Colette Smith, Colette Johnson, Colette 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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