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Collins

#241 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Descendant of Coileán

Collins has been given to 14,465 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #241 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 1,286 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Collins, 2025

1 in 2,580

Collins over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Collins over time

In 2025, Collins went to 96% girls and 4% boys.

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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.

Collins: meaning, origin, and history

Descendant of Coileán

surname transfer

What Collins means

Collins means “descendant of Coileán”, associated with Coileáin.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* 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”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Collins (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Collins is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Collins is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Colin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Collins is pronounced /ˈkɑlɪnz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,779 girls were recorded with the name Collins between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,286 in 2025; its best national rank was #239 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #364 in 2020 to #241 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #704 in 2015 to #241 in 2025.

In the United States, 3,686 boys were recorded with the name Collins between 1881 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 62 in 2023; its best national rank was #630 in 1900.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,591 in 2020 to #2,684 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,433 in 2015 to #2,684 in 2025.

How common is Collins?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 2,580
1,286 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 1,250
0.08% of girls
Rank, 2025
#241
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
1,788 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Collins sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 301%
Grade of 1004%
School of 50018%

Put another way: gather 1,788 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Collins. In a class of 30 the chance is 1%.

When Collinss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Collins was born before 2021 — so the typical Collins is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
63.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,779
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 63.8% of all recorded uses (6,878).

Is Collins 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
+16
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+123
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+463
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.18×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (1,286)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
105.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#239
2023

Spellings of Collins

Collins is the most-used spelling, taking 44.2% of the 24,413 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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 Collins is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Collins was most concentrated in South Dakota — about 1 in 346 girls, against 1 in 1,481 across all states with data. It was least common in Nevada (1 in 20,000).

5289 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Dakota1 in 346
  2. 2Nebraska1 in 389
  3. 3North Dakota1 in 395
  4. 4Alabama1 in 431
  5. 5Iowa1 in 493
  6. 6Kansas1 in 538
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 599
  8. 8Arkansas1 in 610

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.

Geographically, Collins is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 82% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Collins is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Collins was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 183,360 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 33,333
  2. 2Alabama1 in 50,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 100,000
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 100,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 100,000
  7. 7California1 in —
  8. 8Florida1 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. Collins has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Collins around the world

Where Collins ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #647
    in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Collins

People whose public names include Collins, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Collins by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#241
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 123
Best rank ever
#239
2023
Peak year
2025
1,286 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,779
Count in 2025
1,286

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,684
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 93
Best rank ever
#630
1900
Peak year
2023
62 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,686
Count in 2025
48

Names similar to Collins

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ColetteColletteColettaColbieColeenColbyCollynsColleenKollinsCollierColleneCollinColeneCollieColbiColtonColumbiaColeyCollenCollettaColeColindaRollinsCollyn

Names with a curve like Collins

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Collins, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MilaniAmoraPoppyLennonSuttonKaylaniAntonellaWrenEsmeKailaniAitanaAlessia

Sibling names for Collins

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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