NameTides

Colin

Colin was the #343 boys' name in the US in 2025 (950 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #312 in Canada.

Colin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Colin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Colin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#343 (950)#1,538 (17)#495 (6)—#348 (11)#312 (106)—
2024#335 (1,038)#1,000 (30)——#302 (13)#303 (108)—
2023#334 (1,004)#1,610 (15)#728 (3)—#436 (8)#283 (111)—
2022#292 (1,170)#1,104 (25)#392 (8)—#454 (7)#264 (123)—
2021#269 (1,289)#888 (34)#437 (7)#433 (3)#414 (8)#293 (117)—
2020#287 (1,177)#1,019 (27)#599 (4)—#226 (21)#312 (102)—
2019#260 (1,394)#952 (30)#334 (10)—#244 (19)#271 (128)—
2018#249 (1,479)#1,158 (23)#472 (6)#416 (3)#224 (24)#283 (121)—
2017#228 (1,666)#848 (37)#352 (10)#363 (4)#272 (17)#282 (127)—
2016#198 (2,052)#748 (45)#331 (11)—#283 (16)#222 (165)—
2015#172 (2,424)#821 (38)#273 (15)—#239 (22)#218 (169)—
2014#142 (2,883)#684 (48)#302 (13)#398 (3)#220 (26)#184 (210)—
2013#125 (3,041)#850 (35)#280 (14)#398 (3)#199 (30)#182 (199)—
2012#124 (3,022)#754 (43)#261 (16)#273 (6)#169 (40)#155 (249)—
2011#121 (3,265)#732 (43)#241 (17)#245 (7)#165 (41)#147 (257)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #85.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Colin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Colin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #289ILMichigan: #393MINew York: #230NYMassachusetts: #91MAOregon: #378ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #431INOhio: #306OHPennsylvania: #191PANew Jersey: #173NJConnecticut: #141CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #380CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #535CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #329VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #348NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #375GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #670TXFlorida: #466FL
Colin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#14246
Ontario2024#41231

Colin (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ColinCanadaBoys#312106
ColinEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
ColinIrelandBoys#34811
ColinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ColinNSWBoys—too few
ColinScotlandBoys#4956
ColinUSGirls—too few
ColinUSBoys#343950