Colin
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #343 for boys in 2025, 950 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 5,122 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 133,706since 1880
Colin over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #343 | 950 | |
| 2024 | — | #335 | 1,038 | |
| 2023 | — | #334 | 1,004 | |
| 2022 | — | #292 | 1,170 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #269 | 1,289 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #287 | 1,177 |
| 2019 | — | #260 | 1,394 | |
| 2018 | — | #249 | 1,479 | |
| 2017 | — | #228 | 1,666 | |
| 2016 | — | #198 | 2,052 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #172 | 2,424 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #142 | 2,883 |
| 2013 | — | #125 | 3,041 | |
| 2012 | — | #124 | 3,022 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #121 | 3,265 |
| 2010 | — | #111 | 3,489 | |
| 2009 | — | #113 | 3,657 | |
| 2008 | — | #114 | 3,732 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #119 | 3,608 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #111 | 3,861 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #95 | 4,532 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #85 | 5,122 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #88 | 4,876 |
| 2002 | — | #116 | 3,315 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #125 | 3,170 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #117 | 3,256 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #119 | 3,080 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #122 | 3,076 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #125 | 3,099 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #126 | 2,954 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #134 | 2,630 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #124 | 2,815 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #121 | 2,897 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #126 | 2,631 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #139 | 2,294 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | #122 | 2,782 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #126 | 2,604 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #131 | 2,258 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #134 | 2,098 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #158 | 1,690 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #156 | 1,738 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #152 | 1,768 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #166 | 1,557 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #171 | 1,536 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #202 | 1,227 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #204 | 1,196 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #207 | 1,141 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #223 | 946 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #248 | 826 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #250 | 790 |
| 1975 | — | #273 | 706 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #282 | 666 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #312 | 561 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #321 | 566 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #300 | 658 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #314 | 624 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #320 | 578 |
| 1968 | — | #343 | 502 | |
| 1967 | — | #354 | 445 | |
| 1966 | — | #376 | 403 | |
| 1965 | — | #360 | 452 | |
| 1964 | — | #405 | 390 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #406 | 391 |
| 1962 | — | #428 | 350 | |
| 1961 | — | #420 | 356 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #463 | 295 |
| 1959 | — | #443 | 323 | |
| 1958 | — | #471 | 281 | |
| 1957 | — | #473 | 269 | |
| 1956 | — | #446 | 286 | |
| 1955 | — | #462 | 256 | |
| 1954 | — | #465 | 244 | |
| 1953 | — | #481 | 213 | |
| 1952 | — | #501 | 198 | |
| 1951 | — | #485 | 194 | |
| 1950 | — | #476 | 195 | |
| 1949 | — | #456 | 210 | |
| 1948 | — | #448 | 221 | |
| 1947 | — | #509 | 176 | |
| 1946 | — | #526 | 148 | |
| 1945 | — | #533 | 125 | |
| 1944 | — | #394 | 237 | |
| 1943 | — | #344 | 320 | |
| 1942 | — | #323 | 349 | |
| 1941 | — | #713 | 75 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #818 | 55 | |
| 1938 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1937 | — | #845 | 52 | |
| 1936 | — | #906 | 46 | |
| 1935 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1934 | — | #771 | 64 | |
| 1933 | — | #875 | 50 | |
| 1932 | — | #992 | 44 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1928 | — | #938 | 52 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,112 | 41 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,034 | 45 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,121 | 39 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,117 | 41 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,087 | 43 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,226 | 35 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,089 | 42 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,034 | 43 | |
| 1918 | — | #996 | 45 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,003 | 42 | |
| 1916 | — | #984 | 42 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,159 | 31 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Colin was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Colin
- 8 spots since 2024 (#335 → #343)
- 56 spots since 2020 (#287 → #343)
- 171 spots since 2015 (#172 → #343)
- Biggest jump: 390 spots in 1942 (#713 → #323)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1905 (#874 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2004 at #85 (5,122 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2003–2005
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1932–2025
- Highest: 1 in 388 boys born in 2004 were named Colin (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,798 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 29.3% of all boys named Colin (39,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #758 (1886) | #850 |
| 1890s | 30 | #787 (1897) | #971 |
| 1900s | 34 | #874 (1904) | #1,210 |
| 1910s | 267 | #984 (1916) | #1,205 |
| 1920s | 412 | #938 (1928) | #1,106 |
| 1930s | 491 | #771 (1934) | #925 |
| 1940s | 1,919 | #323 (1942) | #506 |
| 1950s | 2,459 | #443 (1959) | #470 |
| 1960s | 4,162 | #320 (1969) | #388 |
| 1970s | 7,484 | #207 (1979) | #273 |
| 1980s | 17,672 | #126 (1989) | #160 |
| 1990s | 28,258 | #119 (1999) | #126 |
| 2000s | 39,129 | #85 (2004) | #108 |
| 2010s | 24,715 | #111 (2010) | #173 |
| 2020s | 6,628 | #269 (2021) | #310 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Colin in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 104,254 of them was named Colin, which outranked 62.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,344Wynette17
- #4,344Yahira17
- #4,344Youlanda17
- #4,532Colin16
- #4,532Adriel16
- #4,532Alicen16
- #4,532Alona16
- #4,746Aaryn15
- #4,746Adell15
- #4,746Adella15
Tied with 213 names at #4,532; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,460 of them was named Colin, which outranked 97.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.