How Many People Are Named Coulter?
An estimated 800 people in the United States have the first name Coulter. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Coulter peaked in popularity in 2024 with 39 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Coulter 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 Coulter paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
800
About 1 in 428,443 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2024
39 births
Total Registered
812
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Coulter
Coulter is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 812 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Coulter as a male name
Ranked #3,103 in 2024
39 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (39 births)
Coulter: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Coulter span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 240 babies were registered. While Coulter is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Coulter by Decade
How has Coulter 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.
Coulter + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Coulter as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Coulter
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Coulter: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Coulter?
We estimate approximately 800 people named Coulter 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 428,443 Americans share this first name.
Is Coulter a common name?
Coulter is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 812 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Coulter most popular?
Coulter reached peak popularity in 2024, when 39 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Coulter is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Coulter a male name?
Coulter is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Coulter Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Coulter Smith, Coulter Johnson, Coulter 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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