Coleen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Coleen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Coleen: Recorded since 1965, it reached #363 in 2011, and it was last ranked in 2017.

3registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#363highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
2007	#4294
2008	#2292
2009	#3422
2011	#5785
2017	#5765

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 20 of the 48 years from 1965 to 2012.

In 2011: #363 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5785 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #5765 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Coleen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 76 births with the name.

Coleen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Coleen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#385 (1965)	#383 (1971)	#612 (2012)	20 of 48	76 (1965–2012)	6 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2292 (2008)	#5765 (2017)	7 of 22	35 (1996–2017)	10 (2008)

Coleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Coleen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	15	4 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	26	7 of 10	4
1990s	17	5 of 10	3
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Coleen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Coleen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1965 and 2017, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #363, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 46 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
12separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,765position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
46 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
10births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cole · #62, 31y
Coleman · #164, 24y
Colette · #47, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brianne · #363, 24y
Karlie · #363, 26y
Deacon · #362, 29y
Evanna · #364, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Leone · #363, 37y
Ammar · #362, 52y
Aleksandr · #365, 48y
Georgios · #365, 51y

Coleen was ranked #363 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Coleen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Coleen without appearing here.

Coleen moved ahead of

Joanne Compare
In 2011 they stood at #663 and #593 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #612 and #907.
Wendy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #635 and #635 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #612 and #907.
Cassandra Compare
In 2009 they stood at #635 and #394 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #663 and #910.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #425 and #345 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #663 and #910.

Moved ahead of Coleen

Liv Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #1573.
Luca Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2292 and #2721 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3422 and #2019.
Shea Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2292 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3422 and #2148.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1958.

Moved the opposite way to Coleen

Aisling Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 while Aisling went from #121 to #42.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 while Alexandra went from #227 to #105.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 while Amelia went from #325 to #12.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 while Amy went from #262 to #25.

Moved the same way as Coleen

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 and Alma from #262 to #677.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 and Amanda from #129 to #264.
Angela Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 and Angela from #21 to #510.
Anita Compare
Between 1965 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Coleen went from #385 to #612 and Anita from #148 to #414.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Coleen

Coleen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Coleen across 2 official records

Coleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Coleen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Coleen at a glance

Coleen across 2 official records

Coleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Coleen appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Coleen

Coleen and the names beside it

Coleen moved ahead of

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