NameTides

Collin

Collin was the #493 boys' name in the US in 2025 (613 babies), and #1,642 in Canada.

Collin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Collin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Collin as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#493 (613)——#1,642 (13)
2024#489 (631)——#1,353 (16)
2023#486 (614)——#1,043 (22)
2022#476 (649)——#833 (30)
2021#423 (730)——#1,039 (22)
2020#465 (637)——#943 (24)
2019#382 (820)——#819 (29)
2018#362 (914)——#1,279 (15)
2017#342 (995)#3,996 (4)—#1,349 (14)
2016#298 (1,203)#3,478 (5)—#776 (32)
2015#261 (1,383)——#624 (42)
2014#223 (1,701)——#681 (37)
2013#211 (1,839)#3,315 (5)—#977 (22)
2012#198 (1,933)#2,721 (7)—#885 (25)
2011#174 (2,175)#2,892 (6)—#634 (39)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #115.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1895.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Collin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Collin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #472NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #439OHPennsylvania: #489PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #699CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #420CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #326MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #359TNNorth Carolina: #475NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #466FL
Collin (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
Ontario2024#1,5176

Collin (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
CollinCanadaBoys#1,64213
CollinEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CollinIrelandBoys—too few
CollinNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CollinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CollinUSGirls#13,2086
CollinUSBoys#493613