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Collins: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,286 in 2025. Its best rank was #239 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #239 in 2023; #241 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Collins in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#241 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #239.
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Collins: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,286 girls in 2025. Peak: #239 in 2023 · most girls in one year: 1,286 (2025).
In 2025, 1,286 US girls were named Collins, making it the 241st most common girls’ name of the year, up 16 places from #257 in 2024. That is 47 more than the 1,239 girls named Collins in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #239, reached in 2023. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,286, in 2025. For comparison, it was #704 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 48 US boys were named Collins, making it the 2,684th most common boys’ name of the year, down 153 places from #2,531 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 53 boys named Collins in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #630, reached in 1900. The most boys given the name in a single year was 62, in 2023. For comparison, it was #2,434 in 2015 and #1,295 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Collins in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 8 babies. In all, 14,465 US babies have been given the name, 75% of them girls and 25% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 7,192 babies named Collins.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,196 US girls were named Collins; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,286. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,250 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Collins ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #71 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 7 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Kollyns (1,376 babies since 1880), Kollins (1,133 babies since 1880) and Collyns (774 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Collynns 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Collynns (5).
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 Collins in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 53 | #71 | #150 |
| Iowa | 38 | #71 | #279 |
| South Carolina | 50 | #76 | #348 |
| North Dakota | 11 | #82 | — |
| Arkansas | 29 | #89 | #370 |
| Kansas | 33 | #90 | #257 |
| Nebraska | 21 | #95 | #206 |
| Kentucky | 41 | #102 | #375 |
| Tennessee | 65 | #113 | #491 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #121 | — |
| Utah | 36 | #121 | #512 |
| Louisiana | 32 | #128 | #375 |
| Oklahoma | 28 | #129 | #335 |
| North Carolina | 65 | #155 | #461 |
| Mississippi | 16 | #155 | #378 |
| Colorado | 37 | #157 | #454 |
| Missouri | 38 | #161 | #532 |
| Georgia | 61 | #163 | #375 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #183 | — |
| Indiana | 38 | #183 | #629 |
| Minnesota | 28 | #194 | — |
| Idaho | 11 | #200 | — |
| Ohio | 48 | #234 | — |
| Texas | 144 | #239 | #664 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #300 | #877 |
| Florida | 60 | #309 | #1,283 |
| Virginia | 27 | #311 | #1,258 |
| Michigan | 27 | #335 | #927 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | #362 | #1,463 |
| Maryland | 14 | #385 | — |
| Massachusetts | 14 | #403 | — |
| Washington | 16 | #433 | #1,162 |
| Illinois | 22 | #473 | #776 |
| Arizona | 14 | #487 | #873 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #556 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #570 | — |
| New Jersey | 13 | #588 | — |
| New York | 22 | #738 | #2,287 |
| California | 34 | #858 | #2,066 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,286 | #241 | 48 | #2,684 |
| 2024 | 1,239 | #257 | 53 | #2,531 |
| 2023 | 1,272 | #239 | 62 | #2,277 |
| 2022 | 1,234 | #248 | 55 | #2,498 |
| 2021 | 1,001 | #328 | 47 | #2,700 |
| 2020 | 846 | #364 | 49 | #2,592 |
| 2019 | 765 | #409 | 48 | #2,665 |
| 2018 | 607 | #515 | 58 | #2,306 |
| 2017 | 494 | #615 | 52 | #2,457 |
| 2016 | 452 | #649 | 45 | #2,693 |
| 2015 | 405 | #704 | 52 | #2,434 |
| 2014 | 329 | #840 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 2013 | 248 | #1,005 | 45 | #2,630 |
| 2012 | 265 | #963 | 44 | #2,722 |
| 2011 | 177 | #1,323 | 60 | #2,177 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,774 | 57 | #2,266 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,027 | 30 | #3,567 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,829 | 26 | #3,946 |
| 2007 | — | — | 33 | #3,318 |
| 2006 | — | — | 31 | #3,397 |
| 2005 | — | — | 35 | #2,968 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,680 | 28 | #3,380 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,697 | 22 | #3,858 |
| 2002 | — | — | 29 | #3,121 |
| 2001 | — | — | 33 | #2,817 |
| 2000 | — | — | 34 | #2,686 |
| 1999 | — | — | 33 | #2,620 |
| 1998 | — | — | 21 | #3,508 |
| 1997 | — | — | 38 | #2,237 |
| 1996 | — | — | 28 | #2,693 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,860 |
| 1994 | — | — | 27 | #2,699 |
| 1993 | — | — | 26 | #2,723 |
| 1992 | — | — | 30 | #2,416 |
| 1991 | — | — | 24 | #2,764 |
| 1990 | — | — | 35 | #2,094 |
| 1989 | — | — | 31 | #2,209 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,645 | 28 | #2,206 |
| 1987 | — | — | 39 | #1,713 |
| 1986 | — | — | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1985 | — | — | 28 | #2,026 |
| 1984 | — | — | 26 | #2,050 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,261 | 20 | #2,422 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,464 | 22 | #2,282 |
| 1981 | — | — | 31 | #1,819 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,229 |
| 1979 | — | — | 27 | #1,953 |
| 1978 | — | — | 20 | #2,295 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,380 |
| 1976 | — | — | 11 | #3,308 |
| 1975 | — | — | 19 | #2,297 |
| 1974 | — | — | 17 | #2,378 |
| 1973 | — | — | 15 | #2,528 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1971 | — | — | 30 | #1,606 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #2,922 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,151 |
| 1968 | — | — | 12 | #2,470 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,497 |
| 1966 | — | — | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1965 | — | — | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1964 | — | — | 22 | #1,705 |
| 1963 | — | — | 27 | #1,517 |
| 1962 | — | — | 19 | #1,861 |
| 1961 | — | — | 20 | #1,832 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,436 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1958 | — | — | 23 | #1,651 |
| 1957 | — | — | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1956 | — | — | 25 | #1,574 |
| 1955 | — | — | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1954 | — | — | 42 | #1,155 |
| 1953 | — | — | 48 | #1,046 |
| 1952 | — | — | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1951 | — | — | 23 | #1,558 |
| 1950 | — | — | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1949 | — | — | 39 | #1,130 |
| 1948 | — | — | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1947 | — | — | 27 | #1,428 |
| 1946 | — | — | 35 | #1,180 |
| 1945 | — | — | 21 | #1,453 |
| 1944 | — | — | 31 | #1,195 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,317 |
| 1942 | — | — | 21 | #1,542 |
| 1941 | — | — | 24 | #1,380 |
| 1940 | — | — | 32 | #1,190 |
| 1939 | — | — | 24 | #1,365 |
| 1938 | — | — | 24 | #1,373 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,492 |
| 1936 | — | — | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1935 | — | — | 26 | #1,332 |
| 1934 | — | — | 25 | #1,365 |
| 1933 | — | — | 31 | #1,182 |
| 1932 | — | — | 29 | #1,263 |
| 1931 | — | — | 21 | #1,552 |
| 1930 | — | — | 19 | #1,706 |
| 1929 | — | — | 18 | #1,805 |
| 1928 | — | — | 26 | #1,457 |
| 1927 | — | — | 29 | #1,382 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,067 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,422 |
| 1923 | — | — | 37 | #1,179 |
| 1922 | — | — | 43 | #1,076 |
| 1921 | — | — | 43 | #1,070 |
| 1920 | — | — | 41 | #1,109 |
| 1919 | — | — | 34 | #1,210 |
| 1918 | — | — | 34 | #1,197 |
| 1917 | — | — | 30 | #1,241 |
| 1916 | — | — | 25 | #1,382 |
| 1915 | — | — | 47 | #907 |
| 1914 | — | — | 47 | #772 |
| 1913 | — | — | 31 | #878 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,436 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,132 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,057 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #963 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #790 |
| 1907 | — | — | 14 | #709 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #767 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,125 |
| 1904 | — | — | 11 | #731 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,035 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #949 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #873 |
| 1900 | — | — | 16 | #630 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #875 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,161 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #896 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #879 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #654 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #813 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #945 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #996 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #967 |
| 1883 | — | — | 9 | #655 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #662 |
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).