Collis

Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1900 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,309
since 1894

Collis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Collis has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #836, 1900boys
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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
2024
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020
2019#12,1455
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#12,1085
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009#12,4915
2008
2007#12,3675
2006
2005#8,2998
2004#8,9277
2003#7,2459
2002#7,6438
2001#10,5565
2000
1999
1998
1997#6,6188
1996
1995#4,79112
1994#6,3728
1993#6,2288
1992#6,6707
1991#6,5197
1990#4,67311
1989
1988#6,4266
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#5,7856
1984#4,9737
1983#5,4846
1982#4,2349
1981#4,5098
1980#3,61511
1979#2,46519
1978#3,40011
1977#3,8369
1976#3,47110
1975#3,9418
1974#2,67414
1973#3,6948
1972#2,41815
1971#4,9075
1970#2,39915
1969#2,30814
1968#3,3657
1967#2,61110
1966#2,46511
1965#2,27013
1964#2,20514
1963#2,67310
1962#2,36412
1961#1,99717
1960#2,68510
1959#2,29513
1958#2,8189
1957#1,95217
1956#1,94517
1955#1,90217
1954#1,70620
1953#1,90017
1952#1,37830
1951#1,97215
1950#1,94115
1949#1,75418
1948#1,37828
1947#5,2955#1,59922
1946#1,60120
1945#1,69716
1944#1,43822
1943#1,76417
1942#1,94614
1941#1,99713
1940#1,89414
1939#2,05012
1938#1,68917
1937#1,44422
1936#1,87214
1935#1,70817
1934#1,72517
1933#1,54020
1932#1,71618
1931#1,64319
1930#1,55922
1929#2,31712
1928#2,38712
1927#1,87118
1926#1,56523
1925#1,93517
1924#1,45827
1923#1,58923
1922#1,82719
1921#1,82919
1920#4,9755#2,13115
1919#1,69520
1918#2,16514
1917#2,18813
1916#1,64619
1915#1,21729
1914#1,77213
1913#1,80310
1912#1,41712
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,2776
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905#1,2335
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900#83610
1899#8577
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
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1883
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1881
1880
First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Collis! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Collis
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 21 spots in 1900 (#857#836)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1900 at #836 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1899–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,047
  • Highest: 1 in 15,047 boys born in 1900 were named Collis (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.1% of all boys named Collis (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#857 (1899)#966
1900s31#836 (1900)#1,166
1910s136#1,217 (1915)#1,716
1920s185#1,458 (1924)#1,891
1930s178#1,444 (1937)#1,695
1940s184#1,378 (1948)#1,707
1950s170#1,378 (1952)#1,981
1960s118#1,997 (1961)#2,494
1970s114#2,399 (1970)#3,321
1980s58#3,615 (1980)#5,218
1990s61#4,673 (1990)#5,982
2000s47#7,245 (2003)#9,647
2010s10#12,108 (2014)#12,127
2020s5#12,330 (2022)#12,330

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.

Collis in 1899

boys
#857
7 births · 1 in 15,173 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #857Collis7
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 15,173 of them was named Collis, which outranked 28.6% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Collis
  1. #786Wilfrid8
  2. #786Wilton8
  3. #786Zeb8
  4. #857Collis7
  5. #857Alice7
  6. #857Allison7
  7. #857Alonza7
  8. #928Alberto6
  9. #928Alcide6
  10. #928Alferd6

Tied with 70 names at #857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 640Rogers#1,121#481
  2. 600Edna#1,121#521
  3. 545Giles#1,002#457
  4. 508Sarah#1,121#613
  5. 461Thaddeus#885#424
Fallers
  1. 566Jason#485#1,051
  2. 564Fitzhugh#364#928
  3. 508Oran#543#1,051
  4. 493Wilber#435#928
  5. 443Hosea#485#928

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

See the top 100 for 1899