Collin
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #493 for boys in 2025, 613 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 3,358 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 81,437since 1895
Collin over time
Rank among boys' names. Collin has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | #493 | 613 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #489 | 631 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #486 | 614 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #476 | 649 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #423 | 730 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #465 | 637 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #382 | 820 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #362 | 914 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #342 | 995 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #298 | 1,203 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #261 | 1,383 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #223 | 1,701 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #211 | 1,839 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #198 | 1,933 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #174 | 2,175 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #148 | 2,647 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #134 | 3,060 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #141 | 2,877 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #185 | 2,227 |
| 2006 | — | #181 | 2,222 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #145 | 2,732 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #130 | 3,108 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #133 | 3,006 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #148 | 2,656 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #136 | 2,898 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #128 | 3,045 |
| 1999 | — | #130 | 2,918 | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #130 | 2,987 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #122 | 3,157 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #115 | 3,358 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #141 | 2,468 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #151 | 2,279 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #149 | 2,253 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #187 | 1,673 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #209 | 1,491 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #240 | 1,169 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #247 | 1,061 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #272 | 850 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #276 | 797 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #315 | 644 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #333 | 584 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #351 | 521 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #359 | 493 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #374 | 466 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #437 | 358 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #435 | 358 |
| 1979 | — | #443 | 335 | |
| 1978 | — | #522 | 247 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #556 | 226 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #531 | 232 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #576 | 195 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #590 | 183 |
| 1973 | — | #710 | 128 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #641 | 153 |
| 1971 | — | #632 | 171 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #694 | 130 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #730 | 105 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #703 | 111 |
| 1966 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #826 | 79 |
| 1964 | — | #792 | 90 | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #829 | 83 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | — | #1,068 | 53 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,034 | 55 | |
| 1959 | — | #964 | 64 | |
| 1958 | — | #915 | 68 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,050 | 52 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,075 | 49 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,261 | 35 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,268 | 34 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,052 | 46 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,006 | 48 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,110 | 40 | |
| 1948 | — | #954 | 53 | |
| 1947 | — | #938 | 56 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,019 | 45 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,107 | 36 | |
| 1943 | — | #897 | 55 | |
| 1942 | — | #933 | 50 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,802 | 15 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,378 | 27 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,436 | 27 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,553 | 20 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Collin! It came in at #1,079, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Collin is popular in 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#136 · 1 in 885
- North Dakota#148 · 1 in 952
- Alaska#163 · 1 in 941
- Utah#171 · 1 in 1,214
- Wisconsin#174 · 1 in 1,780
Best ever in a state: #34 in Vermont, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #136 | 6 | 1 in 885 |
| North Dakota | #148 | 6 | 1 in 952 |
| Alaska | #163 | 5 | 1 in 941 |
| Utah | #171 | 15 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Wisconsin | #174 | 19 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Washington | #184 | 22 | 1 in 1,432 |
| Oregon | #188 | 12 | 1 in 1,532 |
| Colorado | #200 | 17 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Minnesota | #212 | 11 | 1 in 2,841 |
| Nebraska | #213 | 6 | 1 in 2,001 |
| Indiana | #217 | 17 | 1 in 2,229 |
| Iowa | #245 | 7 | 1 in 2,921 |
| New Mexico | #259 | 8 | 1 in 1,460 |
| Maryland | #262 | 11 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Michigan | #296 | 18 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Massachusetts | #299 | 9 | 1 in 4,044 |
| Pennsylvania | #299 | 20 | 1 in 3,833 |
| Kansas | #320 | 5 | 1 in 3,550 |
| Illinois | #334 | 25 | 1 in 3,271 |
| California | #341 | 70 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Missouri | #342 | 8 | 1 in 4,479 |
| Arizona | #363 | 7 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Ohio | #373 | 14 | 1 in 5,430 |
| Virginia | #374 | 8 | 1 in 4,371 |
| Texas | #379 | 46 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Tennessee | #448 | 5 | 1 in 6,366 |
| Georgia | #491 | 7 | 1 in 5,784 |
| New York | #513 | 17 | 1 in 6,865 |
| New Jersey | #518 | 6 | 1 in 7,312 |
| Louisiana | #576 | 6 | 1 in 6,115 |
| Florida | #683 | 7 | 1 in 9,733 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| 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 Collin
- 4 spots since 2024 (#489 → #493)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#465 → #493)
- 232 spots since 2015 (#261 → #493)
- Biggest jump: 655 spots in 1942 (#1,588 → #933)
- Biggest drop: 210 spots in 1944 (#897 → #1,107)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1996 at #115 (3,358 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1963–2025
- Highest: 1 in 564 boys born in 1996 were named Collin (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,786 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 34.2% of all boys named Collin (27,831) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 14 | #902 (1900) | #1,068 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,421 (1910) | #1,837 |
| 1920s | 191 | #1,378 (1929) | #1,891 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,576 (1937) | #1,905 |
| 1940s | 405 | #897 (1943) | #1,143 |
| 1950s | 488 | #915 (1958) | #1,081 |
| 1960s | 848 | #694 (1969) | #850 |
| 1970s | 2,018 | #443 (1979) | #587 |
| 1980s | 6,132 | #247 (1989) | #340 |
| 1990s | 23,753 | #115 (1996) | #157 |
| 2000s | 27,831 | #128 (2000) | #146 |
| 2010s | 15,610 | #148 (2010) | #260 |
| 2020s | 3,874 | #423 (2021) | #472 |
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.
Collin in 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 278,435 of them was named Collin, which outranked 25.3% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,047Zachariah7
- #8,047Zayda7
- #8,047Zuleika7
- #9,015Collin6
- #9,015Abrielle6
- #9,015Adama6
- #9,015Adebola6
- #10,275Aaren5
- #10,275Abbagail5
- #10,275Abbye5
Tied with 1,259 names at #9,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 3,636 of them was named Collin, which outranked 95.1% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.