Spellings
Cole or Kole?
In the US in 2025, 93% of babies in this name family were spelled Cole and 7% Kole. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Cole already led in 2015, with 92% of the family's births; it has 93% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 3,812 to 2,163 births (−43%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole | 3,499 | 2,003 | −43% |
| Kole | 313 | 160 | −49% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkoʊl/ (KOHL). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Cole 10 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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