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
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,172since 1881
Collie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,677 | 21 |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #1,390 | 29 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,082 | 35 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1890 (#974 → #667)
- Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1902 (#727 → #933)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1890 at #667 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1901–1904
- 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
- 18.4% of all boys named Collie (216) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #752 (1887) | #818 |
| 1890s | 37 | #667 (1890) | #845 |
| 1900s | 67 | #727 (1901) | #909 |
| 1910s | 216 | #928 (1910) | #1,262 |
| 1920s | 216 | #1,332 (1925) | #1,764 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,498 (1934) | #1,842 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,730 (1942) | #2,015 |
| 1950s | 148 | #1,677 (1953) | #2,152 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,048 |
| 1970s | 42 | #3,095 (1976) | #3,877 |
| 1980s | 40 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,397 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,177 |
| 2000s | 7 | #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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 108,127 of them was named Collie, which outranked 45.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,693Zaida11
- #2,693Zara11
- #2,693Zeda11
- #2,879Collie10
- #2,879Adelheid10
- #2,879Adelma10
- #2,879Adelyne10
- #3,092Adabelle9
- #3,092Adamae9
- #3,092Adine9
Tied with 212 names at #2,879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 30,849 of them was named Collie, which outranked 73.1% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,222Page31
- #1,222Refugio31
- #1,222Toshio31
- #1,238Collie30
- #1,238Alvah30
- #1,238Benjamine30
- #1,238Collins30
- #1,264Alonza29
- #1,264Alpheus29
- #1,264Amerigo29
Tied with 25 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.