Collin
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #493 for boys in 2025, 613 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 3,358 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 81,437since 1895
Collin over time
Rank among boys' names. Collin has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | #493 | 613 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #489 | 631 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #486 | 614 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #476 | 649 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #423 | 730 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #465 | 637 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #382 | 820 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #362 | 914 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #342 | 995 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #298 | 1,203 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #261 | 1,383 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #223 | 1,701 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #211 | 1,839 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #198 | 1,933 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #174 | 2,175 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #148 | 2,647 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #134 | 3,060 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #141 | 2,877 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #185 | 2,227 |
| 2006 | — | #181 | 2,222 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #145 | 2,732 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #130 | 3,108 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #133 | 3,006 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #148 | 2,656 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #136 | 2,898 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #128 | 3,045 |
| 1999 | — | #130 | 2,918 | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #130 | 2,987 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #122 | 3,157 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #115 | 3,358 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #141 | 2,468 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #151 | 2,279 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #149 | 2,253 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #187 | 1,673 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #209 | 1,491 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #240 | 1,169 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #247 | 1,061 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #272 | 850 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #276 | 797 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #315 | 644 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #333 | 584 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #351 | 521 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #359 | 493 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #374 | 466 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #437 | 358 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #435 | 358 |
| 1979 | — | #443 | 335 | |
| 1978 | — | #522 | 247 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #556 | 226 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #531 | 232 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #576 | 195 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #590 | 183 |
| 1973 | — | #710 | 128 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #641 | 153 |
| 1971 | — | #632 | 171 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #694 | 130 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #730 | 105 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #703 | 111 |
| 1966 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #826 | 79 |
| 1964 | — | #792 | 90 | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #829 | 83 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | — | #1,068 | 53 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,034 | 55 | |
| 1959 | — | #964 | 64 | |
| 1958 | — | #915 | 68 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,050 | 52 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,075 | 49 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,261 | 35 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,268 | 34 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,052 | 46 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,006 | 48 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,110 | 40 | |
| 1948 | — | #954 | 53 | |
| 1947 | — | #938 | 56 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,019 | 45 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,107 | 36 | |
| 1943 | — | #897 | 55 | |
| 1942 | — | #933 | 50 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,802 | 15 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,378 | 27 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,436 | 27 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,553 | 20 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Collin! It came in at #1,079, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Collin
- 4 spots since 2024 (#489 → #493)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#465 → #493)
- 232 spots since 2015 (#261 → #493)
- Biggest jump: 655 spots in 1942 (#1,588 → #933)
- Biggest drop: 210 spots in 1944 (#897 → #1,107)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1996 at #115 (3,358 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1963–2025
- Highest: 1 in 564 boys born in 1996 were named Collin (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,786 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 34.2% of all boys named Collin (27,831) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 14 | #902 (1900) | #1,068 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,421 (1910) | #1,837 |
| 1920s | 191 | #1,378 (1929) | #1,891 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,576 (1937) | #1,905 |
| 1940s | 405 | #897 (1943) | #1,143 |
| 1950s | 488 | #915 (1958) | #1,081 |
| 1960s | 848 | #694 (1969) | #850 |
| 1970s | 2,018 | #443 (1979) | #587 |
| 1980s | 6,132 | #247 (1989) | #340 |
| 1990s | 23,753 | #115 (1996) | #157 |
| 2000s | 27,831 | #128 (2000) | #146 |
| 2010s | 15,610 | #148 (2010) | #260 |
| 2020s | 3,874 | #423 (2021) | #472 |
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.
Collin in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 6,647 of them was named Collin, which outranked 92.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.