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Baby name
Cole
Boy
Origin of the name
Cole was first an English surname, of uncertain origin; it may come from a medieval pet form of Nicholas.
Short-lived name
154,093births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 69rank at its peak, in 2002
Where babies named Cole are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Cole is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Cole is most common in North Dakota (2.3 times), Montana (2.2) and South Dakota (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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