Collie
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #8,339
Given to boys 76.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,172since 1881
Collie 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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,677 | 21 |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #1,390 | 29 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,082 | 35 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Collie! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Collie is popular in 1881
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Collie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1890 (#974 → #667)
- Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1902 (#727 → #933)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1890 at #667 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1901–1904
- Highest: 1 in 11,739 boys born in 1895 were named Collie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 277,554 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #667 in 1890, was only 1 in 12,336 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.4% of all boys named Collie (216) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #752 (1887) | #818 |
| 1890s | 37 | #667 (1890) | #845 |
| 1900s | 67 | #727 (1901) | #909 |
| 1910s | 216 | #928 (1910) | #1,262 |
| 1920s | 216 | #1,332 (1925) | #1,764 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,498 (1934) | #1,842 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,730 (1942) | #2,015 |
| 1950s | 148 | #1,677 (1953) | #2,152 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,048 |
| 1970s | 42 | #3,095 (1976) | #3,877 |
| 1980s | 40 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,397 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,177 |
| 2000s | 7 | #8,339 (2001) | #8,339 |
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.
Collie in 1881
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
boys
100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 16,789 of them was named Collie, which outranked 21.6% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).