Girl
Coleen
Coleen means "Irish cailín, girl" and comes from Irish, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It has not kept pace since its 1960s peak. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. Its single strongest year on record was 1959.
EtymologyVariant of Colleen
IrishIrish "cailín" – "girl"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
60
1920s
357
1930s
731
1940s
1,052
1950s
3,308
1960s
3,568
1970s
1,605
1980s
738
1990s
386
2000s
138
2010s
41
Peaked in the 1960s · 11,984 total U.S. births since 1900