How Many People Are Named Joe Cole?
There are approximately 137 people named Joe Cole living in the United States today. That makes this name combination uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 2,501,856 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Joe with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Cole. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
137
1 in 2,501,856 Americans
Combination Rarity
Uncommon
First Name
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Last Name
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Joe: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Joe. The peak year was 1936 with 8,266 births. The average person named Joe today is 63 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Joe
In the 2020 Census, the first name Joe was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (60.90%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (21.39%) and Black (11.81%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Joe in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Joe rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Cole Surname
The surname Cole was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Cole in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Joe" has an estimated frequency of 0.0633% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Cole" appears at a rate of 62.89 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Joe are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 137 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Joe Cole: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Joe Cole?
We estimate approximately 137 people named Joe Cole are alive in the United States today. The first name Joe is shared by 217,107 Americans, and the surname Cole is shared by 215,572.
How rare is the name Joe Cole?
This name combination is classified as Uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 2,501,856 Americans. The first name Joe is common and the surname Cole is common.
Is Joe a male or female name?
Joe is predominantly male, with 97.6% of bearers being male and 2.4% female. It peaked in popularity in 1936 and the average bearer today is 63 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Joe?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Joe was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (60.90%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (21.39%) and Black (11.81%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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