Collette

#2,239 for girls in 2025, 82 births

Peak · girls
1966 · 189 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,672
since 1898

Collette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Collette has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #713, 1966girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,23982
2024#2,69464
2023#2,51770
2022#2,42575
2021#2,48471
2020#2,71261
2019#2,45172
2018#2,14588
2017#2,26882
2016#2,14990
2015#2,52471
2014#2,12990
2013#2,32679
2012#2,70865
2011#3,78140
2010#3,30649
2009#3,94439
2008#4,55033
2007#3,72143
2006#3,85439
2005#4,70428
2004#4,28732
2003#3,47241
2002#3,24143
2001#3,36840
2000#2,74053
1999#3,09942
1998#2,84646
1997#2,65947
1996#2,90141
1995#2,21660
1994#2,70145
1993#2,88241
1992#2,57648
1991#2,01468
1990#1,81379
1989#1,66782
1988#1,66078
1987#1,54582
1986#1,39292
1985#1,52380
1984#1,59370
1983#1,53173
1982#1,51079
1981#1,79062
1980#1,54276
1979#1,66167
1978#1,42281
1977#1,41479
1976#1,35579
1975#1,31683
1974#1,16996
1973#1,15195
1972#928132
1971#889149
1970#853158
1969#826155
1968#883136
1967#779161
1966#713189
1965#868133
1964#908132
1963#861148
1962#842156
1961#858154
1960#769175
1959#811159
1958#833149
1957#897129
1956#1,023100
1955#967105
1954#969100
1953#1,04086
1952#857115
1951#93897
1950#1,05376
1949#97384
1948#1,14461
1947#1,18358
1946#1,48135
1945#1,21343
1944#1,22442
1943#1,21244
1942#1,38734
1941#1,41830
1940#1,24235
1939#1,14940
1938#1,15939
1937#1,19636
1936#1,08142
1935#1,13538
1934#1,16637
1933#1,07642
1932#1,08243
1931#1,37529
1930#1,53526
1929#1,30633
1928#1,39431
1927#1,30337
1926#1,44931
1925#2,19117
1924#3,6658
1923#2,91711
1922#2,18617
1921#3,4009
1920#2,26316
1919#2,26415
1918#2,10217
1917#3,0929
1916#2,13315
1915#2,05015
1914#2,26510
1913#2,03410
1912#1,9819
1911#2,1916
1910#1,7738
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1898#1,7005
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five girls were named Collette! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Collette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 455 spots since 2024 (#2,694#2,239)
  • 473 spots since 2020 (#2,712#2,239)
  • 285 spots since 2015 (#2,524#2,239)
  • Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1949 (#1,144#973)
  • Biggest drop: 223 spots in 1973 (#928#1,151)
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1966 at #713 (189 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1957–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,953
  • Highest: 1 in 8,953 girls born in 1966 were named Collette (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,601 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 20.1% of all girls named Collette (1,539) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,700 (1898)#1,700
1900s0
1910s114#1,773 (1910)#2,189
1920s210#1,303 (1927)#2,207
1930s372#1,076 (1933)#1,195
1940s466#973 (1949)#1,248
1950s1,116#811 (1959)#939
1960s1,539#713 (1966)#831
1970s1,019#853 (1970)#1,216
1980s774#1,392 (1986)#1,575
1990s517#1,813 (1990)#2,571
2000s391#2,740 (2000)#3,788
2010s726#2,129 (2014)#2,579
2020s423#2,239 (2025)#2,512

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Collette in 1961

girls
#858
154 births · 1 in 13,107 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #858Collette154
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 13,107 of them was named Collette, which outranked 88.6% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Collette
  1. #848Nola155
  2. #848Sabra155
  3. #848Twyla155
  4. #858Collette154
  5. #858Alexis154
  6. #858Estelle154
  7. #858Meg154
  8. #862Millie153
  9. #863Carmella152
  10. #863Dedra152

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961