Colette

#316 for girls in 2025, 962 births

Peak · girls
2025 · 962 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,987
since 1892

Colette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Colette has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#316962
2024#401790
2023#442699
2022#452698
2021#456686
2020#531568
2019#497630
2018#535587
2017#529585
2016#470677
2015#525597
2014#522590
2013#613458
2012#663426
2011#1,036240
2010#1,165208
2009#1,205208
2008#1,299191
2007#1,517152
2006#1,403161
2005#1,425150
2004#1,363154
2003#1,454135
2002#1,297151
2001#1,147182
2000#1,120182
1999#1,108179
1998#1,416121
1997#1,249142
1996#1,139159
1995#1,074166
1994#1,269134
1993#1,271134
1992#1,340125
1991#1,233138
1990#1,272128
1989#1,123147
1988#1,037155
1987#1,052146
1986#896182
1985#709244
1984#807196
1983#860177
1982#817192
1981#930161
1980#824190
1979#885171
1978#829179
1977#787191
1976#755191
1975#660230
1974#621251
1973#603262
1972#597267
1971#520357
1970#501395
1969#489396
1968#487391
1967#435467
1966#372595
1965#452447
1964#442486
1963#437496
1962#441475
1961#444487
1960#426524
1959#442473
1958#419496
1957#454434
1956#450410
1955#469375
1954#453378
1953#457348
1952#493290
1951#506265
1950#596201
1949#598189
1948#635171
1947#645166
1946#686135
1945#85677
1944#741105
1943#745108
1942#81488
1941#75190
1940#82075
1939#82470
1938#69399
1937#76879
1936#82766
1935#72985
1934#83167
1933#72182
1932#83068
1931#85765
1930#88966
1929#88665
1928#96759
1927#1,27838
1926#1,09647
1925#1,08949
1924#99958
1923#1,14245
1922#1,43032
1921#1,37434
1920#1,34934
1919#1,64924
1918#1,29934
1917#1,33730
1916#1,18936
1915#1,62221
1914#1,09830
1913#1,17622
1912#1,11722
1911#1,07117
1910#1,20714
1909#1,01516
1908#1,00416
1907#1,09213
1906#1,9515
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1903#1,7925
1902—
1901#1,1369
1900#1,10612
1899#1,1818
1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896—
1895#1,4266
1894—
1893#1,0918
1892#1,4505
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Colette! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Colette is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #168 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,028 girlsNHWashington: #443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,748 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #155 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 714 girlsNDMinnesota: #346 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,994 girlsMNIllinois: #286 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,556 girlsILWisconsin: #383 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,205 girlsWIMichigan: #386 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,383 girlsMINew York: #360 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 3,646 girlsNYMassachusetts: #296 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,159 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedSDIowa: #276 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,525 girlsIAIndiana: #400 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,883 girlsINOhio: #557 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,270 girlsOHPennsylvania: #392 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,137 girlsPANew Jersey: #437 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,850 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #400 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 3,878 girlsCAUtah: #187 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 832 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedCONebraska: #255 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,062 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedMOKentucky: #457 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,686 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedNMKansas: #339 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,139 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedGAHawaii: #175 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 658 girlsHITexas: #627 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,001 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Colette, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#155 · 1 in 714
  2. New Hampshire#168 · 1 in 1,028
  3. Hawaii#175 · 1 in 658
  4. Utah#187 · 1 in 832
  5. Nebraska#255 · 1 in 2,062

Best ever in a state: #69 in Vermont, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#155101 in 714
New Hampshire#16851 in 1,028
Hawaii#17591 in 658
Utah#187121 in 832
Nebraska#25571 in 2,062
Iowa#276111 in 2,525
Illinois#286391 in 2,556
Massachusetts#296121 in 4,159
Kansas#33971 in 3,139
Minnesota#34691 in 3,994
New York#360441 in 3,646
Wisconsin#38381 in 5,205
Michigan#386201 in 4,383
Pennsylvania#392221 in 5,137
California#400371 in 3,878
Indiana#400101 in 4,883
New Jersey#43791 in 5,850
Washington#44361 in 4,748
Kentucky#45761 in 5,686
Ohio#557111 in 9,270
Texas#627161 in 7,001
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Colette
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 85 spots since 2024 (#401 → #316)
  • 215 spots since 2020 (#531 → #316)
  • 209 spots since 2015 (#525 → #316)
  • Biggest jump: 373 spots in 2012 (#1,036 → #663)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1986 (#709 → #896)
Rise & fade · girls
133 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 2025 at #316 (962 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1928–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,671
  • Highest: 1 in 1,671 girls born in 2025 were named Colette (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Colette (4,998) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s38#1,091 (1893)#1,368
1900s76#1,004 (1908)#1,299
1910s250#1,071 (1911)#1,277
1920s461#886 (1929)#1,161
1930s747#693 (1938)#797
1940s1,204#598 (1949)#729
1950s3,670#419 (1958)#474
1960s4,764#372 (1966)#443
1970s2,494#501 (1970)#676
1980s1,790#709 (1985)#906
1990s1,426#1,074 (1995)#1,237
2000s1,666#1,120 (2000)#1,323
2010s4,998#470 (2016)#656
2020s4,403#316 (2025)#433

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.

Colette in 1954

girls
#453
378 births · 1 in 5,137 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #453Colette378
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 5,137 of them was named Colette, which outranked 93.2% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Colette
  1. #450Rosetta382
  2. #451Henrietta381
  3. #452Roxann380
  4. #453Colette378
  5. #453Fannie378
  6. #455Janelle376
  7. #456Roseann375
  8. #457Chris374

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →