Collins

Where Collins comes from

* As an English surname, variant of Colin. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. * As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Collins
  • 2 syllables
Collins through the years
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #9,237 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Collins Adomako-Mensah born
    Ghanaian politician
  3. 1985
    Collins John born
    Dutch footballer
  4. 2009
    Around this time: The Blind Side
    Film, 2009 · Source
  5. 2010
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  6. 2023
    Peak, #239
    1,272 babies named Collins, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Collins John · Dutch footballer, born 1985
  • Collins Adomako-Mensah · Ghanaian politician, born 1983
  • Collins Owusu Amankwah · Ghanaian politician, born 1980
  • Collins Chabane · South African politician, 1960–2015
  • Collins Valentine Filimon · badminton player, born 1998

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.