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Collyn

#8,380 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Colleen

Collyn has been given to 1,088 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #8,380 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 52 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Collyn, 2025

1 in 368,000

Collyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Collyn went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19752025

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.

Collyn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Colleen

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Collyn means

Collyn is a variant of Colleen.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Collyn → Colleen. The family’s meaning is “girl”, recorded in English with the source elements cailín.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Colleen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 827 boys were recorded with the name Collyn between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2009; its best national rank was #2,200 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,195 in 2020 to #8,380 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,100 in 2015 to #8,380 in 2025.

In the United States, 261 girls were recorded with the name Collyn between 1975 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2013; its best national rank was #6,610 in 1975.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Collyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,380
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Collyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Collyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Collyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Collyn was born before 2005 — so the typical Collyn is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
827
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Choose a decade

2000s — 40.6% of all recorded uses (336).

Is Collyn 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−185
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,280
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
17.3%
Peak was 2009 (52)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,200
1999

Spellings of Collyn

Collyn is not the most common spelling — Colton is, with 28.9% against Collyn's 0.16%.

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 Collyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Collyn was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 542,305 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in —
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Collyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Collyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Collyn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 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. Collyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Collyn around the world

Where Collyn 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.

  • France
    2005–2009
    #5,204
    in 2009

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Collyn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,380
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 185
Best rank ever
#2,200
1999
Peak year
2009
52 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
827
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,610
1975
Peak year
2013
14 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
261
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Collyn

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

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Sibling names for Collyn

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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