Name meaning & stats
Coleman
Coleman. 14,046 US babies since 1940, peak 1997.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1997
14,046 US babies were named Coleman between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Coleman (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
- Coleman 94%
- Colman 5%
- Koleman 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1997)