first name
COLLETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,508 people named Collette, 70.6% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Black and 5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Collette peaked in 1966, when 189 babies got the name.
At least 7,672 babies have been given the name since 1898. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Collette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,419. The largest share of babies named Collette, 27.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Collette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Collette has been most common in Utah (4.6×), California (2.9×), and Illinois (2.5×), and least common in Florida (0.4×).
3,095 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Collette
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Collette, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Collette ranks #6,816 of 156,621, with 4,748 people. See Collette as a last name
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