Colleen
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 4,028 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 5 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 162,754since 1901
Colleen over time
Rank among girls' 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 | #2,822 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,798 | 60 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,244 | 83 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,821 | 60 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,638 | 65 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,011 | 95 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,130 | 89 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,930 | 104 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,956 | 102 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,814 | 115 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,774 | 116 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,487 | 149 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,503 | 148 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,458 | 154 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,197 | 202 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,167 | 215 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,137 | 226 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,075 | 244 | — | |
| 2006 | #897 | 296 | — | |
| 2005 | #775 | 340 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #701 | 382 | — | |
| 2003 | #620 | 433 | — | |
| 2002 | #548 | 500 | — | |
| 2001 | #439 | 636 | — | |
| 2000 | #455 | 609 | — | |
| 1999 | #403 | 690 | — | |
| 1998 | #346 | 843 | — | |
| 1997 | #287 | 1,002 | — | |
| 1996 | #272 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1995 | #224 | 1,257 | — | |
| 1994 | #206 | 1,414 | — | |
| 1993 | #184 | 1,585 | — | |
| 1992 | #184 | 1,669 | — | |
| 1991 | #188 | 1,600 | — | |
| 1990 | #160 | 1,808 | — | |
| 1989 | #158 | 1,809 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #166 | 1,704 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #158 | 1,747 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #152 | 1,841 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #150 | 1,954 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #144 | 2,067 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #144 | 2,008 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #139 | 2,145 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #138 | 2,068 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #137 | 2,125 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #133 | 2,135 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #133 | 2,057 | — | |
| 1977 | #145 | 1,998 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #136 | 2,043 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #133 | 2,100 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #123 | 2,344 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #125 | 2,307 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #123 | 2,503 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #121 | 2,947 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #117 | 3,325 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #109 | 3,410 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #101 | 3,485 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #96 | 3,621 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #93 | 3,746 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #93 | 4,028 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #94 | 4,546 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #98 | 4,447 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #101 | 4,425 | — | |
| 1961 | #106 | 4,515 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #107 | 4,450 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #110 | 4,337 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #116 | 3,922 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #118 | 3,892 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #113 | 3,897 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #110 | 3,870 | — | |
| 1954 | #119 | 3,483 | — | |
| 1953 | #115 | 3,375 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #108 | 3,470 | — | |
| 1951 | #114 | 3,048 | — | |
| 1950 | #124 | 2,619 | — | |
| 1949 | #146 | 2,032 | — | |
| 1948 | #161 | 1,783 | — | |
| 1947 | #209 | 1,267 | — | |
| 1946 | #213 | 1,093 | — | |
| 1945 | #233 | 812 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #248 | 724 | — | |
| 1943 | #252 | 768 | — | |
| 1942 | #251 | 745 | — | |
| 1941 | #260 | 601 | — | |
| 1940 | #249 | 648 | — | |
| 1939 | #242 | 665 | — | |
| 1938 | #235 | 697 | — | |
| 1937 | #223 | 740 | — | |
| 1936 | #198 | 853 | — | |
| 1935 | #242 | 672 | — | |
| 1934 | #236 | 712 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #236 | 674 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #227 | 709 | — | |
| 1931 | #219 | 760 | — | |
| 1930 | #201 | 946 | — | |
| 1929 | #186 | 1,067 | — | |
| 1928 | #185 | 1,099 | — | |
| 1927 | #192 | 1,062 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #204 | 945 | — | |
| 1925 | #252 | 696 | — | |
| 1924 | #289 | 524 | — | |
| 1923 | #377 | 311 | — | |
| 1922 | #513 | 185 | — | |
| 1921 | #699 | 112 | — | |
| 1920 | #817 | 79 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | — | |
| 1918 | #869 | 68 | — | |
| 1917 | #825 | 69 | — | |
| 1916 | #840 | 65 | — | |
| 1915 | #917 | 52 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 | — | |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Colleen! It came in at #1,466, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Colleen is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#44 · 1 in 238
- Massachusetts#50 · 1 in 234
- New Jersey#57 · 1 in 276
- New York#71 · 1 in 366
- Connecticut#86 · 1 in 406
Best ever in a state: #13 in Utah, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #44 | 291 | 1 in 238 |
| Massachusetts | #50 | 135 | 1 in 234 |
| New Jersey | #57 | 135 | 1 in 276 |
| New York | #71 | 277 | 1 in 366 |
| Connecticut | #86 | 38 | 1 in 406 |
| Illinois | #96 | 169 | 1 in 445 |
| Rhode Island | #113 | 8 | 1 in 556 |
| Nevada | #114 | 10 | 1 in 437 |
| Maryland | #119 | 34 | 1 in 616 |
| Michigan | #119 | 94 | 1 in 624 |
| Vermont | #119 | 5 | 1 in 528 |
| Wisconsin | #121 | 51 | 1 in 611 |
| Missouri | #123 | 52 | 1 in 617 |
| District of Columbia | #126 | 12 | 1 in 481 |
| New Hampshire | #128 | 9 | 1 in 594 |
| Wyoming | #133 | 6 | 1 in 548 |
| Delaware | #138 | 5 | 1 in 601 |
| Ohio | #139 | 104 | 1 in 695 |
| Minnesota | #140 | 40 | 1 in 727 |
| Hawaii | #147 | 9 | 1 in 540 |
| Colorado | #153 | 28 | 1 in 742 |
| Nebraska | #160 | 14 | 1 in 778 |
| Oregon | #166 | 20 | 1 in 848 |
| Alaska | #169 | 5 | 1 in 588 |
| Virginia | #170 | 33 | 1 in 911 |
| Maine | #181 | 7 | 1 in 898 |
| Florida | #192 | 50 | 1 in 1,082 |
| Indiana | #192 | 30 | 1 in 1,163 |
| North Dakota | #194 | 5 | 1 in 978 |
| Washington | #195 | 27 | 1 in 1,023 |
| New Mexico | #199 | 11 | 1 in 847 |
| Montana | #214 | 5 | 1 in 949 |
| California | #218 | 161 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Iowa | #234 | 13 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Arizona | #251 | 16 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Idaho | #276 | 5 | 1 in 1,373 |
| Kentucky | #277 | 13 | 1 in 1,836 |
| Louisiana | #292 | 19 | 1 in 1,612 |
| Utah | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,613 |
| North Carolina | #354 | 13 | 1 in 2,549 |
| Oklahoma | #365 | 9 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Tennessee | #374 | 10 | 1 in 2,789 |
| Texas | #399 | 49 | 1 in 2,525 |
| Kansas | #430 | 5 | 1 in 3,095 |
| Georgia | #446 | 11 | 1 in 3,165 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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 Colleen
- 24 spots since 2024 (#2,798 → #2,822)
- 225 spots since 2020 (#2,597 → #2,822)
- 1,008 spots since 2015 (#1,814 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 340 spots in 1912 (#1,300 → #960)
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1910 (#961 → #1,267)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1965 at #93 (4,028 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1963–1967
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1920–2006
- Highest: 1 in 417 girls born in 1964 were named Colleen (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #93 in 1965, was only 1 in 438 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.0% of all girls named Colleen (40,673) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 72 | #961 (1909) | #1,443 |
| 1910s | 413 | #825 (1917) | #1,015 |
| 1920s | 6,080 | #185 (1928) | #371 |
| 1930s | 7,428 | #198 (1936) | #226 |
| 1940s | 10,473 | #146 (1949) | #222 |
| 1950s | 35,913 | #108 (1952) | #115 |
| 1960s | 40,673 | #93 (1965) | #100 |
| 1970s | 23,759 | #117 (1970) | #129 |
| 1980s | 19,468 | #137 (1980) | #149 |
| 1990s | 12,927 | #160 (1990) | #245 |
| 2000s | 3,881 | #439 (2001) | #781 |
| 2010s | 1,274 | #1,197 (2010) | #1,726 |
| 2020s | 393 | #2,244 (2023) | #2,653 |
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.
Colleen in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 807 of them was named Colleen, which outranked 98.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 223,897 of them was named Colleen, which outranked 38.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,153Zedrick9
- #4,153Zenas9
- #4,153Zvi9
- #4,509Colleen8
- #4,509Abdallah8
- #4,509Abrahm8
- #4,509Adom8
- #4,961Abdel7
- #4,961Abdiel7
- #4,961Abelino7
Tied with 451 names at #4,509; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.