Meaning not yet researched.
Colin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 950 in 2025. Its best rank was #85 in 2004.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #85 in 2004; #343 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Colin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#343 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2004, at #85.
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Colin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 950 boys in 2025. Peak: #85 in 2004 · most boys in one year: 5,122 (2004).
In 2025, 950 US boys were named Colin, making it the 343rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 8 places from #335 in 2024. That is 88 fewer than the 1,038 boys named Colin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #85, reached in 2004. That year also had the most boys given the name: 5,122. For comparison, it was #172 in 2015 and #476 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Colin in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 134,151 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 39,198 babies named Colin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13,219 US boys were named Colin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,052. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,798 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Colin ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #92 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Collin (81,962 babies since 1880), Coleen (11,998 babies since 1880), Kollin (2,782 babies since 1880) and Kolin (1,945 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Colene, Colon and Colyn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Colene (1,624), Colon (1,329), Colyn (711), Cullin (403), Colan (237), Kolyn (188), Cailean (85), Coilin (10), Colline (6), Colynn (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Colin in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 74 | #92 | #64 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #108 | #127 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | #131 | #86 |
| Connecticut | 26 | #143 | #78 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #161 | #76 |
| New Jersey | 59 | #173 | #85 |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | #191 | #102 |
| Montana | 6 | #204 | #251 |
| New York | 86 | #230 | #130 |
| Maine | 5 | #237 | #135 |
| Illinois | 37 | #293 | #111 |
| Ohio | 39 | #309 | #122 |
| Nevada | 9 | #329 | — |
| Virginia | 25 | #332 | #118 |
| Maryland | 15 | #346 | #127 |
| North Carolina | 33 | #349 | #177 |
| Missouri | 17 | #375 | #166 |
| Georgia | 31 | #378 | #263 |
| California | 88 | #380 | #214 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #382 | #207 |
| Oregon | 10 | #382 | #213 |
| Michigan | 22 | #395 | #150 |
| Iowa | 8 | #409 | #141 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #416 | #120 |
| Indiana | 16 | #436 | #136 |
| Tennessee | 18 | #437 | #203 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #441 | #236 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #451 | #205 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #453 | #364 |
| Florida | 39 | #466 | #216 |
| Kansas | 7 | #476 | #116 |
| Arizona | 14 | #498 | #300 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #525 | #170 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #543 | #220 |
| Colorado | 10 | #546 | #135 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #570 | #201 |
| Alabama | 7 | #633 | #198 |
| Washington | 10 | #646 | #196 |
| Texas | 44 | #671 | #359 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #683 | #219 |
| Utah | 5 | #723 | #323 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 950 | #343 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,038 | #335 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,004 | #334 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,170 | #293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,766 | 1,289 | #269 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,643 | 1,177 | #287 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,394 | #260 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,479 | #249 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,666 | #228 |
| 2016 | — | — | 2,052 | #198 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,030 | 2,424 | #172 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,148 | 2,883 | #142 |
| 2013 | — | — | 3,041 | #125 |
| 2012 | — | — | 3,022 | #124 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,682 | 3,265 | #121 |
| 2010 | — | — | 3,489 | #111 |
| 2009 | — | — | 3,657 | #113 |
| 2008 | — | — | 3,732 | #114 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,930 | 3,608 | #119 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,728 | 3,861 | #111 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,073 | 4,532 | #95 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,096 | 5,122 | #85 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,695 | 4,876 | #88 |
| 2002 | — | — | 3,315 | #116 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,531 | 3,170 | #125 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,956 | 3,256 | #117 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,034 | 3,080 | #119 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,383 | 3,076 | #122 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,494 | 3,099 | #125 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,700 | 2,954 | #126 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,884 | 2,630 | #134 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,754 | 2,815 | #124 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,338 | 2,897 | #121 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,630 | 2,631 | #126 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,009 | 2,294 | #139 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,906 | 2,782 | #122 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,093 | 2,604 | #126 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,381 | 2,258 | #131 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,699 | 2,098 | #134 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,771 | 1,690 | #158 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,496 | 1,738 | #156 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,030 | 1,768 | #152 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,521 | 1,557 | #166 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,400 | 1,536 | #171 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,573 | 1,227 | #202 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,029 | 1,196 | #204 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,488 | 1,141 | #207 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,050 | 946 | #223 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,262 | 826 | #248 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,664 | 790 | #250 |
| 1975 | — | — | 706 | #273 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,874 | 666 | #282 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,669 | 561 | #312 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,691 | 566 | #321 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,734 | 658 | #300 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,469 | 624 | #314 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,774 | 578 | #321 |
| 1968 | — | — | 502 | #343 |
| 1967 | — | — | 445 | #354 |
| 1966 | — | — | 403 | #376 |
| 1965 | — | — | 452 | #360 |
| 1964 | — | — | 390 | #405 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,772 | 391 | #406 |
| 1962 | — | — | 350 | #428 |
| 1961 | — | — | 356 | #420 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,266 | 295 | #463 |
| 1959 | — | — | 323 | #443 |
| 1958 | — | — | 281 | #471 |
| 1957 | — | — | 269 | #474 |
| 1956 | — | — | 286 | #446 |
| 1955 | — | — | 256 | #462 |
| 1954 | — | — | 244 | #465 |
| 1953 | — | — | 213 | #481 |
| 1952 | — | — | 198 | #501 |
| 1951 | — | — | 194 | #485 |
| 1950 | — | — | 195 | #476 |
| 1949 | — | — | 210 | #456 |
| 1948 | — | — | 221 | #448 |
| 1947 | — | — | 176 | #510 |
| 1946 | — | — | 148 | #526 |
| 1945 | — | — | 125 | #534 |
| 1944 | — | — | 237 | #394 |
| 1943 | — | — | 320 | #345 |
| 1942 | — | — | 349 | #323 |
| 1941 | — | — | 75 | #713 |
| 1940 | — | — | 58 | #822 |
| 1939 | — | — | 55 | #820 |
| 1938 | — | — | 55 | #837 |
| 1937 | — | — | 52 | #847 |
| 1936 | — | — | 46 | #908 |
| 1935 | — | — | 54 | #852 |
| 1934 | — | — | 64 | #771 |
| 1933 | — | — | 50 | #876 |
| 1932 | — | — | 44 | #995 |
| 1931 | — | — | 28 | #1,309 |
| 1930 | — | — | 43 | #1,056 |
| 1929 | — | — | 40 | #1,095 |
| 1928 | — | — | 52 | #939 |
| 1927 | — | — | 41 | #1,115 |
| 1926 | — | — | 45 | #1,036 |
| 1925 | — | — | 39 | #1,126 |
| 1924 | — | — | 41 | #1,121 |
| 1923 | — | — | 43 | #1,088 |
| 1922 | — | — | 34 | #1,244 |
| 1921 | — | — | 35 | #1,232 |
| 1920 | — | — | 42 | #1,093 |
| 1919 | — | — | 43 | #1,036 |
| 1918 | — | — | 45 | #997 |
| 1917 | — | — | 42 | #1,006 |
| 1916 | — | — | 42 | #989 |
| 1915 | — | — | 31 | #1,163 |
| 1914 | — | — | 23 | #1,230 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,267 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,435 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,415 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,641 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,499 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,423 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,226 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,270 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #896 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,176 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,160 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #802 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,004 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,113 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #910 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #896 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #840 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #780 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #853 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #924 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #965 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #894 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #833 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).