Collins

#241 for girls in 2025, 1,286 births · #2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births
Given to girls 74.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2023 · 1,272 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,779
since 1982

Collins over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #623, 1900girlsat peakboys
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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#2411,286#2,67648
2024#2571,239#2,52753
2023#2391,272#2,27762
2022#2481,234#2,49355
2021#3281,001#2,69547
2020#364846#2,58649
2019#409765#2,65648
2018#515607#2,30058
2017#615494#2,45052
2016#649452#2,68945
2015#703405#2,42952
2014#840329#2,40253
2013#1,005248#2,62345
2012#958265#2,71644
2011#1,323177#2,17360
2010#1,769116#2,26257
2009#13,7047#3,55130
2008#15,4056#3,92126
2007#3,31333
2006#3,38431
2005#2,96035
2004#16,0995#3,36828
2003#12,4087#3,83822
2002#3,09529
2001#2,79733
2000#2,67434
1999#2,60833
1998#3,48621
1997#2,22838
1996#2,67928
1995#2,84725
1994#2,68527
1993#2,69726
1992#2,41230
1991#2,75324
1990#2,08635
1989#2,20631
1988#10,3866#2,19728
1987#1,70939
1986#1,96230
1985#2,01928
1984#2,03626
1983#9,0156#2,40820
1982#9,2376#2,26922
1981#1,81131
1980#2,21323
1979#1,94327
1978#2,27920
1977#2,36119
1976#3,26411
1975#2,28819
1974#2,35817
1973#2,51315
1972#2,65913
1971#1,59730
1970#2,89111
1969#2,13016
1968#2,44512
1967#2,47011
1966#1,96316
1965#1,72021
1964#1,70022
1963#1,51327
1962#1,85219
1961#1,82320
1960#1,43431
1959#1,80620
1958#1,64423
1957#1,43630
1956#1,56825
1955#1,50326
1954#1,15142
1953#1,04648
1952#1,40629
1951#1,55323
1950#1,28931
1949#1,12839
1948#1,43026
1947#1,42527
1946#1,17635
1945#1,44521
1944#1,19331
1943#1,30828
1942#1,53721
1941#1,37224
1940#1,18332
1939#1,35924
1938#1,36424
1937#1,48121
1936#1,32625
1935#1,32626
1934#1,35725
1933#1,18131
1932#1,25429
1931#1,53821
1930#1,69319
1929#1,79318
1928#1,44826
1927#1,37229
1926#1,06443
1925#1,67921
1924#1,41428
1923#1,17737
1922#1,07243
1921#1,06943
1920#1,10841
1919#1,20734
1918#1,19234
1917#1,23830
1916#1,37425
1915#90647
1914#77047
1913#87131
1912#1,41712
1911#1,11710
1910#1,04510
1909#95110
1908#77912
1907#69914
1906#75211
1905#1,0916
1904#72311
1903#1,0096
1902#9337
1901#8587
1900#62316
1899#8577
1898#1,1215
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#8727
1894#8577
1893
1892
1891#6359
1890
1889#7897
1888#9176
1887
1886#9595
1885#9365
1884
1883#6449
1882
1881#6538
1880
First appearance
1982

The first year at least five girls were named Collins! It came in at #9,237, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1984–1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Collins
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#257#241)
  • 123 spots since 2020 (#364#241)
  • 462 spots since 2015 (#703#241)
  • Biggest jump: 365 spots in 2012 (#1,323#958)
  • Biggest drop: 47 spots in 2013 (#958#1,005)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2023 at #239 (1,272 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2014–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,250
  • Highest: 1 in 1,250 girls born in 2025 were named Collins (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #239 in 2023, was only 1 in 1,261 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 63.8% of all girls named Collins (6,878) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
  • Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s18#9,015 (1983)#9,546
1990s0
2000s25#12,408 (2003)#14,404
2010s3,858#409 (2019)#879
2020s6,878#239 (2023)#280

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.

Collins in 1889

boys
#789
7 births · 1 in 15,797 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #789Collins7
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 15,797 of them was named Collins, which outranked 29.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Collins
  1. #722Whitney8
  2. #722Willian8
  3. #722Zeb8
  4. #789Collins7
  5. #789Ada7
  6. #789Adelard7
  7. #789Adolfo7
  8. #878Alcide6
  9. #878Alger6
  10. #878Almon6

Tied with 88 names at #789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

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

See the top 100 for 1889