Meaning not yet researched.
Collin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 613 in 2025. Its best rank was #115 in 1996.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #115 in 1996; #493 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Collin in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#493 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1996, at #115.
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Collin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 613 boys in 2025. Peak: #115 in 1996 · most boys in one year: 3,358 (1996).
In 2025, 613 US boys were named Collin, making it the 493rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 4 places from #489 in 2024. That is 18 fewer than the 631 boys named Collin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #115, reached in 1996. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,358. For comparison, it was #261 in 2015 and #1,010 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Collin in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1895 with 5 babies. In all, 81,962 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 27,909 babies named Collin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,806 US boys were named Collin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,203. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,786 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Collin ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #238 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Colleen (163,084 babies since 1880), Colin (134,151 babies since 1880), Cullen (16,703 babies since 1880) and Coleen (11,998 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Cullan, Kollyn and Cullyn 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 Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Cullan (329), Kollyn (282), Cullyn (11), Kullin (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 Collin 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 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 5 | #238 | — |
| Kentucky | 21 | #256 | #208 |
| Louisiana | 18 | #280 | #157 |
| Missouri | 20 | #329 | #243 |
| Connecticut | 9 | #333 | #281 |
| Arkansas | 10 | #336 | #171 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #361 | #219 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #388 | #307 |
| Kansas | 9 | #396 | #213 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #402 | #250 |
| Illinois | 26 | #420 | #336 |
| Colorado | 14 | #423 | #365 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #427 | #144 |
| Alabama | 12 | #428 | #171 |
| Virginia | 18 | #440 | #239 |
| Ohio | 24 | #442 | #220 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #442 | #150 |
| Idaho | 5 | #447 | #270 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #451 | #211 |
| Indiana | 15 | #457 | #204 |
| Florida | 39 | #467 | #271 |
| New York | 35 | #472 | #346 |
| North Carolina | 22 | #477 | #254 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #492 | #180 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #494 | #269 |
| Michigan | 16 | #521 | #174 |
| Utah | 8 | #523 | #192 |
| Nevada | 5 | #527 | #401 |
| Oregon | 6 | #544 | #276 |
| Georgia | 18 | #571 | #248 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #581 | #369 |
| Maryland | 8 | #584 | #254 |
| Iowa | 5 | #594 | #298 |
| Texas | 46 | #651 | #325 |
| California | 39 | #701 | #380 |
| Arizona | 8 | #734 | #324 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,572 | 613 | #493 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,343 | 631 | #489 |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,002 | 614 | #487 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,833 | 649 | #476 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,100 | 730 | #423 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,316 | 637 | #465 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,892 | 820 | #382 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,856 | 914 | #362 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,133 | 995 | #342 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,731 | 1,203 | #298 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,565 | 1,383 | #261 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,305 | 1,701 | #223 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,219 | 1,839 | #211 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,473 | 1,933 | #198 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,683 | 2,175 | #174 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,606 | 2,647 | #148 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,863 | 3,060 | #134 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,806 | 2,877 | #141 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,931 | 2,227 | #185 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,222 | #181 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,074 | 2,732 | #145 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,366 | 3,108 | #130 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,696 | 3,006 | #133 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,500 | 2,656 | #148 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,295 | 2,898 | #136 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,073 | 3,045 | #128 |
| 1999 | — | — | 2,918 | #130 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,646 | 2,987 | #130 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,367 | 3,157 | #122 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,701 | 3,358 | #115 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,772 | 2,468 | #141 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,714 | 2,279 | #151 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,015 | 2,253 | #149 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,375 | 1,673 | #187 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,054 | 1,491 | #209 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,010 | 1,169 | #240 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,607 | 1,061 | #247 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,970 | 850 | #272 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,999 | 797 | #276 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,247 | 644 | #315 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,497 | 584 | #333 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,273 | 521 | #351 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,260 | 493 | #359 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,002 | 466 | #374 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,911 | 358 | #437 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,390 | 358 | #435 |
| 1979 | — | — | 335 | #443 |
| 1978 | — | — | 247 | #522 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,912 | 226 | #556 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,944 | 232 | #531 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,185 | 195 | #576 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,061 | 183 | #590 |
| 1973 | — | — | 128 | #710 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,507 | 153 | #642 |
| 1971 | — | — | 171 | #632 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,222 | 148 | #676 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,668 | 130 | #695 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,380 | 105 | #731 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,145 | 111 | #704 |
| 1966 | — | — | 90 | #766 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,698 | 79 | #827 |
| 1964 | — | — | 90 | #792 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,953 | 83 | #830 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,736 | 52 | #1,058 |
| 1961 | — | — | 53 | #1,070 |
| 1960 | — | — | 55 | #1,035 |
| 1959 | — | — | 64 | #965 |
| 1958 | — | — | 68 | #918 |
| 1957 | — | — | 52 | #1,053 |
| 1956 | — | — | 44 | #1,141 |
| 1955 | — | — | 49 | #1,079 |
| 1954 | — | — | 48 | #1,083 |
| 1953 | — | — | 35 | #1,263 |
| 1952 | — | — | 34 | #1,274 |
| 1951 | — | — | 46 | #1,056 |
| 1950 | — | — | 48 | #1,010 |
| 1949 | — | — | 40 | #1,114 |
| 1948 | — | — | 53 | #955 |
| 1947 | — | — | 56 | #940 |
| 1946 | — | — | 45 | #1,020 |
| 1945 | — | — | 36 | #1,087 |
| 1944 | — | — | 36 | #1,111 |
| 1943 | — | — | 55 | #900 |
| 1942 | — | — | 50 | #934 |
| 1941 | — | — | 19 | #1,596 |
| 1940 | — | — | 15 | #1,816 |
| 1939 | — | — | 16 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | — | — | 15 | #1,838 |
| 1937 | — | — | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #1,977 |
| 1935 | — | — | 19 | #1,597 |
| 1934 | — | — | 10 | #2,422 |
| 1933 | — | — | 12 | #2,117 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,788 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,864 |
| 1930 | — | — | 12 | #2,325 |
| 1929 | — | — | 27 | #1,389 |
| 1928 | — | — | 13 | #2,289 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,441 |
| 1926 | — | — | 18 | #1,851 |
| 1925 | — | — | 9 | #2,971 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,683 |
| 1923 | — | — | 20 | #1,767 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1921 | — | — | 18 | #1,920 |
| 1920 | — | — | 18 | #1,900 |
| 1919 | — | — | 19 | #1,763 |
| 1918 | — | — | 12 | #2,424 |
| 1917 | — | — | 16 | #1,917 |
| 1916 | — | — | 18 | #1,713 |
| 1915 | — | — | 20 | #1,570 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,135 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,127 |
| 1912 | — | — | 10 | #1,644 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,457 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,271 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #916 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,114 |
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).