Collie

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #8,339
Given to boys 76.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,172
since 1881

Collie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #1,379, 1898peak #667, 1890girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024
2023#15,1945
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001#8,3397
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#8,2365
1990#8,1175
1989
1988
1987#5,4597
1986#5,3327
1985
1984
1983#6,2385
1982#4,5938
1981#6,2625
1980#4,4958
1979
1978
1977#4,1648
1976#3,09512
1975#3,6599
1974
1973#4,5056
1972
1971#3,9637
1970
1969#3,9356
1968#3,6736
1967
1966
1965#2,9828
1964#3,0508
1963#2,67310
1962#2,8489
1961#3,79312#2,53811
1960#2,68510
1959#2,41412
1958#6,1035#3,0338
1957#5,3776#2,09315
1956#1,82119
1955#1,79119
1954#5,7535#2,59210
1953#5,6735#1,67721
1952#1,85617
1951#4,3857#2,36711
1950#5,3015#1,87916
1949#2,02214
1948#3,35010#2,02714
1947#4,0078#1,91616
1946#4,9605#2,14312
1945#2,5748
1944#3,3788#1,81015
1943#3,04010#2,18212
1942#1,73017
1941#1,75916
1940#2,42412#1,98313
1939#3,4297#2,05012
1938#2,9409#2,6468
1937#3,8006#1,68817
1936#1,58718
1935#3,1568#1,65618
1934#3,4497#1,49821
1933#1,99713
1932#1,84816
1931#1,69318
1930#1,75318
1929#2,9808
1928#2,95410#1,52224
1927#3,5618#1,79619
1926#3,04610#1,98116
1925#4,0287#1,33230
1924#4,0027#1,62823
1923#3,3509#2,02016
1922#3,3799#1,39628
1921#2,94111#1,39029
1920#3,5988#1,59223
1919#2,64012#1,32129
1918#2,51913#1,28630
1917#2,87910#1,23830
1916#3,0319#1,94915
1915#4,2745#1,08235
1914#2,8767#1,22123
1913#2,1649#1,20518
1912#2,3607#1,26814
1911#1,45011#1,11710
1910#2,1406#92812
1909#1,6078#80413
1908#1,6767#9469
1907#2,0615
1906#1,7276#1,1116
1905#1,6966#1,0027
1904#9667
1903#7839
1902#9337
1901#7279
1900#1,5617
1899#1,0515
1898#1,3797
1897
1896
1895#68510
1894#7878
1893#1,0355
1892
1891
1890#6679
1889#9745
1888
1887#7527
1886
1885
1884#7647
1883
1882
1881#7816
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Collie! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Collie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
  • Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1890 (#974#667)
  • Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1902 (#727#933)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1890 at #667 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1901–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,739
  • Highest: 1 in 11,739 boys born in 1895 were named Collie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 277,554 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #667 in 1890, was only 1 in 12,336 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 18.4% of all boys named Collie (216) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s25#752 (1887)#818
1890s37#667 (1890)#845
1900s67#727 (1901)#909
1910s216#928 (1910)#1,262
1920s216#1,332 (1925)#1,764
1930s159#1,498 (1934)#1,842
1940s137#1,730 (1942)#2,015
1950s148#1,677 (1953)#2,152
1960s68#2,538 (1961)#3,048
1970s42#3,095 (1976)#3,877
1980s40#4,495 (1980)#5,397
1990s10#8,117 (1990)#8,177
2000s7#8,339 (2001)#8,339

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.

Collie in 1895

boys
#685
10 births · 1 in 11,739 boys

Top boys' names in 1895

  1. #1John8,320
  2. #2William7,277
  3. #3James5,335
  4. #4George4,289
  5. #5Charles3,633
  6. #6Frank3,012
  7. #7Joseph2,992
  8. #8Robert2,635
  9. #9Henry2,221
  10. #10Edward2,203
  11. #685Collie10
More about 1895

boys

117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 11,739 of them was named Collie, which outranked 44.8% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Collie
  1. #640Wyatt11
  2. #640Zeb11
  3. #640Zollie11
  4. #685Collie10
  5. #685Alfonso10
  6. #685Alfredo10
  7. #685Armand10
  8. #738Acie9
  9. #738Ada9
  10. #738Alta9

Tied with 52 names at #685; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 573Alma#1,074#501
  2. 463Delmar#954#491
  3. 453Connie#954#501
  4. 434Bradford#1,074#640
  5. 434Brady#1,074#640
Fallers
  1. 536Beverly#543#1,079
  2. 512Boss#567#1,079
  3. 498Verner#480#978
  4. 457Abel#521#978
  5. 457Justin#521#978

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

See the top 100 for 1895