Collier

Where Collier comes from

Collier hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1885
    Collier Cudmore born
    Australian politician and rower
  2. 1898
    Debut at its peak, #885
    #885 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1963
    Collier Schorr born
    American photographer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Collier Cudmore · Australian politician and rower, 1885–1971
  • Collier Schorr · American photographer, born 1963
  • Collier Young · film producer, 1908–1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.