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
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 1,272 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,779since 1982
Collins 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 | #241 | 1,286 | #2,676 | 48 |
| 2024 | #257 | 1,239 | #2,527 | 53 |
| 2023 | #239 | 1,272 | #2,277 | 62 |
| 2022 | #248 | 1,234 | #2,493 | 55 |
| 2021 | #328 | 1,001 | #2,695 | 47 |
| 2020 | #364 | 846 | #2,586 | 49 |
| 2019 | #409 | 765 | #2,656 | 48 |
| 2018 | #515 | 607 | #2,300 | 58 |
| 2017 | #615 | 494 | #2,450 | 52 |
| 2016 | #649 | 452 | #2,689 | 45 |
| 2015 | #703 | 405 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2014 | #840 | 329 | #2,402 | 53 |
| 2013 | #1,005 | 248 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 2012 | #958 | 265 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | #1,323 | 177 | #2,173 | 60 |
| 2010 | #1,769 | 116 | #2,262 | 57 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | — | #3,313 | 33 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,960 | 35 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,797 | 33 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,674 | 34 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,228 | 38 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,679 | 28 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,412 | 30 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,086 | 35 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,206 | 31 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | — | #1,709 | 39 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,036 | 26 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | — | #1,811 | 31 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,288 | 19 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,852 | 19 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,644 | 23 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,436 | 30 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,503 | 26 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,151 | 42 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,046 | 48 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,406 | 29 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,289 | 31 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,128 | 39 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,430 | 26 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,176 | 35 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,193 | 31 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,308 | 28 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,359 | 24 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,357 | 25 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,181 | 31 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,372 | 29 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,177 | 37 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,069 | 43 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,108 | 41 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,207 | 34 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #906 | 47 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #871 | 31 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2023 at #239 (1,272 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2014–2025
- 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
- 63.8% of all girls named Collins (6,878) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18 | #9,015 (1983) | #9,546 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 25 | #12,408 (2003) | #14,404 |
| 2010s | 3,858 | #409 (2019) | #879 |
| 2020s | 6,878 | #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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 1,250 of them was named Collins, which outranked 98.6% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 35,585 of them was named Collins, which outranked 80.8% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #2,641Ryo49
- #2,641Stevie49
- #2,641Yash49
- #2,676Collins48
- #2,676Akoa48
- #2,676Arius48
- #2,676Athan48
- #2,718Abdulaziz47
- #2,718Abdurrahman47
- #2,718Ahsan47
Tied with 41 names at #2,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.