Cole: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KOHL · 1 syllable

Cole means “coal, coal-black”, from English.

How popular is Cole?

Cole was the #182 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,009 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 34% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Cole in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Cole are older than 26; most are between 18 and 43. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Cole have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Cole means “coal, coal-black”. It comes from English.

Cole is pronounced KOHL.

Cole was the #182 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,009 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 34% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Cole are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 43.