as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, itself derived from a medieval given name which may be a reduced form of Nicholas or represent a survival into Middle English of the Old English byname Cola ‘swarthy, coal-black’, from col ‘charcoal’. As a given name, it is associated with the songwriter Cole Porter (1893–1964) and has enjoyed a degree of popularity in recent times.
| 1,325th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,550
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 104,845
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Cole per capita
- 2002
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.99%
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2%
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30-54
17%
13-29
13-29
80%
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U.S. Distribution Map
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