NameTides

Collins

Collins was the #241 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,286 babies), and #567 in Canada.

Collins as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Collins as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Collins as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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
YearUSCanada
2025#241 (1,286)#567 (53)
2024#257 (1,239)#661 (44)
2023#239 (1,272)#789 (35)
2022#248 (1,234)#756 (36)
2021#328 (1,001)#655 (45)
2020#364 (846)#1,153 (21)
2019#409 (765)#1,408 (17)
2018#515 (607)#1,259 (19)
2017#615 (494)#1,333 (18)
2016#649 (452)#1,533 (15)
2015#703 (405)#1,874 (11)
2014#840 (329)#1,901 (11)
2013#1,005 (248)#2,595 (7)
2012#958 (265)#1,904 (11)
2011#1,323 (177)#2,899 (6)

Collins as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Collins 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Collins 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#2,676 (48)#5,137 (3)——
2024#2,527 (53)#5,120 (3)——
2023#2,277 (62)———
2022#2,493 (55)———
2021#2,695 (47)#4,789 (3)——
2020#2,586 (49)———
2019#2,656 (48)———
2018#2,300 (58)——#2,740 (5)
2017#2,450 (52)#3,449 (5)——
2016#2,689 (45)———
2015#2,429 (52)#3,908 (4)——
2014#2,402 (53)#4,632 (3)——
2013#2,623 (45)#3,822 (4)—#2,606 (5)
2012#2,716 (44)———
2011#2,173 (60)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #241.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 36,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Collins is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 980 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Collins by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #80NDMinnesota: #193MNIllinois: #471ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: #395MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #117SDIowa: #71IAIndiana: #182INOhio: #234OHPennsylvania: #360PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: #119UTColorado: #154CONebraska: #95NEMissouri: #160MOKentucky: #102KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #309VAMaryland: #379MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #89KSArkansas: #86ARTennessee: #112TNNorth Carolina: #154NCSouth Carolina: #76SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #128OKLouisiana: #127LAMississippi: #151MSAlabama: #71ALGeorgia: #163GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #239TXFlorida: #308FL
Collins (girls) 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#50625

Collins (girls): 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
CollinsCanadaGirls#56753
CollinsCanadaBoys—too few
CollinsEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
CollinsIrelandBoys—too few
CollinsNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CollinsUSGirls#2411,286
CollinsUSBoys#2,67648