Collier
#3,044 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Collier has been given to 2,174 babies in the U.S. since 1898. In 2025 it ranked #3,044 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 61 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.
Babies named Collier, 2025
1 in 82,900
Collier over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Collier over time
In 2025, Collier went to 38% girls and 62% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Collier?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 82,900
- 40 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 42,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,044
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 57,449 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Collier sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 57,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Collier. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Colliers were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Collier was born before 2005 — so the typical Collier is around 20 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 26.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 59.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,599
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 26.0% of all recorded uses (487).
Is Collier rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −324
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −58
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −683
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.73×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 65.6%
- Peak was 2013 (61)
- Years since peak
- 12
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Steady
- 11.6% average annual change
Spellings of Collier
Collier is not the most common spelling — Collin is, with 64.2% against Collier's 1.5%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Collier is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Collier was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 80,019 across all states with data. It was least common in Louisiana (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Collier has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Collier is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Collier was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 301,751 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Collier has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Collier by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Collier
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Collier
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.