Colin
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #343 for boys in 2025, 950 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 5,122 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 133,706since 1880
Colin over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #343 | 950 | |
| 2024 | — | #335 | 1,038 | |
| 2023 | — | #334 | 1,004 | |
| 2022 | — | #292 | 1,170 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #269 | 1,289 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #287 | 1,177 |
| 2019 | — | #260 | 1,394 | |
| 2018 | — | #249 | 1,479 | |
| 2017 | — | #228 | 1,666 | |
| 2016 | — | #198 | 2,052 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #172 | 2,424 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #142 | 2,883 |
| 2013 | — | #125 | 3,041 | |
| 2012 | — | #124 | 3,022 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #121 | 3,265 |
| 2010 | — | #111 | 3,489 | |
| 2009 | — | #113 | 3,657 | |
| 2008 | — | #114 | 3,732 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #119 | 3,608 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #111 | 3,861 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #95 | 4,532 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #85 | 5,122 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #88 | 4,876 |
| 2002 | — | #116 | 3,315 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #125 | 3,170 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #117 | 3,256 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #119 | 3,080 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #122 | 3,076 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #125 | 3,099 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #126 | 2,954 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #134 | 2,630 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #124 | 2,815 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #121 | 2,897 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #126 | 2,631 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #139 | 2,294 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | #122 | 2,782 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #126 | 2,604 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #131 | 2,258 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #134 | 2,098 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #158 | 1,690 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #156 | 1,738 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #152 | 1,768 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #166 | 1,557 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #171 | 1,536 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #202 | 1,227 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #204 | 1,196 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #207 | 1,141 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #223 | 946 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #248 | 826 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #250 | 790 |
| 1975 | — | #273 | 706 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #282 | 666 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #312 | 561 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #321 | 566 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #300 | 658 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #314 | 624 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #320 | 578 |
| 1968 | — | #343 | 502 | |
| 1967 | — | #354 | 445 | |
| 1966 | — | #376 | 403 | |
| 1965 | — | #360 | 452 | |
| 1964 | — | #405 | 390 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #406 | 391 |
| 1962 | — | #428 | 350 | |
| 1961 | — | #420 | 356 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #463 | 295 |
| 1959 | — | #443 | 323 | |
| 1958 | — | #471 | 281 | |
| 1957 | — | #473 | 269 | |
| 1956 | — | #446 | 286 | |
| 1955 | — | #462 | 256 | |
| 1954 | — | #465 | 244 | |
| 1953 | — | #481 | 213 | |
| 1952 | — | #501 | 198 | |
| 1951 | — | #485 | 194 | |
| 1950 | — | #476 | 195 | |
| 1949 | — | #456 | 210 | |
| 1948 | — | #448 | 221 | |
| 1947 | — | #509 | 176 | |
| 1946 | — | #526 | 148 | |
| 1945 | — | #533 | 125 | |
| 1944 | — | #394 | 237 | |
| 1943 | — | #344 | 320 | |
| 1942 | — | #323 | 349 | |
| 1941 | — | #713 | 75 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #818 | 55 | |
| 1938 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1937 | — | #845 | 52 | |
| 1936 | — | #906 | 46 | |
| 1935 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1934 | — | #771 | 64 | |
| 1933 | — | #875 | 50 | |
| 1932 | — | #992 | 44 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1928 | — | #938 | 52 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,112 | 41 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,034 | 45 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,121 | 39 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,117 | 41 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,087 | 43 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,226 | 35 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,089 | 42 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,034 | 43 | |
| 1918 | — | #996 | 45 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,003 | 42 | |
| 1916 | — | #984 | 42 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,159 | 31 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Colin was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Colin is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#98 · 1 in 378
- District of Columbia#127 · 1 in 388
- New Hampshire#130 · 1 in 433
- Pennsylvania#151 · 1 in 621
- New Jersey#164 · 1 in 655
Best ever in a state: #41 in Massachusetts, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #98 | 71 | 1 in 378 |
| District of Columbia | #127 | 9 | 1 in 388 |
| New Hampshire | #130 | 10 | 1 in 433 |
| Pennsylvania | #151 | 87 | 1 in 621 |
| New Jersey | #164 | 60 | 1 in 655 |
| Connecticut | #172 | 20 | 1 in 655 |
| Illinois | #196 | 69 | 1 in 792 |
| New York | #196 | 103 | 1 in 851 |
| Delaware | #200 | 5 | 1 in 619 |
| Virginia | #203 | 45 | 1 in 859 |
| South Dakota | #220 | 5 | 1 in 667 |
| Ohio | #221 | 60 | 1 in 908 |
| Maine | #224 | 5 | 1 in 771 |
| Minnesota | #242 | 25 | 1 in 1,000 |
| Nebraska | #248 | 10 | 1 in 877 |
| Maryland | #251 | 24 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Missouri | #273 | 25 | 1 in 1,140 |
| Colorado | #278 | 23 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Iowa | #286 | 13 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Florida | #294 | 64 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Michigan | #300 | 31 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Arkansas | #305 | 11 | 1 in 1,160 |
| South Carolina | #336 | 14 | 1 in 1,429 |
| California | #345 | 108 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Georgia | #348 | 31 | 1 in 1,622 |
| North Carolina | #349 | 28 | 1 in 1,748 |
| Kansas | #357 | 9 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Tennessee | #359 | 21 | 1 in 1,623 |
| Washington | #363 | 20 | 1 in 1,658 |
| Indiana | #365 | 19 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Kentucky | #395 | 11 | 1 in 1,785 |
| Louisiana | #417 | 12 | 1 in 1,797 |
| Wisconsin | #417 | 12 | 1 in 1,995 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,211 |
| Texas | #499 | 61 | 1 in 2,775 |
| Arizona | #507 | 13 | 1 in 2,459 |
| Oklahoma | #547 | 7 | 1 in 2,535 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Colin
- 8 spots since 2024 (#335 → #343)
- 56 spots since 2020 (#287 → #343)
- 171 spots since 2015 (#172 → #343)
- Biggest jump: 390 spots in 1942 (#713 → #323)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1905 (#874 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2004 at #85 (5,122 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2003–2005
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1932–2025
- Highest: 1 in 388 boys born in 2004 were named Colin (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,798 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 29.3% of all boys named Colin (39,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #758 (1886) | #850 |
| 1890s | 30 | #787 (1897) | #971 |
| 1900s | 34 | #874 (1904) | #1,210 |
| 1910s | 267 | #984 (1916) | #1,205 |
| 1920s | 412 | #938 (1928) | #1,106 |
| 1930s | 491 | #771 (1934) | #925 |
| 1940s | 1,919 | #323 (1942) | #506 |
| 1950s | 2,459 | #443 (1959) | #470 |
| 1960s | 4,162 | #320 (1969) | #388 |
| 1970s | 7,484 | #207 (1979) | #273 |
| 1980s | 17,672 | #126 (1989) | #160 |
| 1990s | 28,258 | #119 (1999) | #126 |
| 2000s | 39,129 | #85 (2004) | #108 |
| 2010s | 24,715 | #111 (2010) | #173 |
| 2020s | 6,628 | #269 (2021) | #310 |
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.
Colin in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 323,310 of them was named Colin, which outranked 13.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,439 names at #15,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 1,467 of them was named Colin, which outranked 98.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.