Given name
Coleen
“a young peasant girl”
In English use, Coleen has a related form in Colleen. One interpretation is “a young peasant girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Coleen has a related form in Colleen. One interpretation is “a young peasant girl.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Coleen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,998
- 0 boys · 11,998 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 423 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 423 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,357 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Coleen’s family of names
In English usage, Coleen has a related form in Colleen. In English usage, Coleen has a related form in Coline.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Coleen
- Coleen GrayAmerican actress (1922–2015)
- Coleen RooneyEnglish writer and television personalityborn 1986
- Coleen RowleyAmerican FBI agent, whistleblower, political candidate for Congressborn 1954
- Coleen GarciaFilipino actressborn 1992
- Coleen NolanEnglish singer, author, beauty queen and television presenterborn 1965
- Coleen SommerAmerican high jumperborn 1960
- Coleen VogelSouth African climatologist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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