How rare is the name Collin?

72,614 people in the United States have the first name Collin, about 1 in 4,159. It ranks #704 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

COLLIN

#704

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
72,614
About
1 in 4,159
This common or more
64.6%
Who bears it

Of the 72,614 people named Collin, 83.3% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Collin peaked in 1996, when 3,369 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18952025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
3,369
In 2025*
619 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 81,962 babies have been given the name since 1895. 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.

Collin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #268. The largest share of babies named Collin, 53.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,95714
1910s#3,716119
1920s#3,589191
1930s#3,730149
1940s#2,298405
1950s#2,430488
1960s#1,934883
1970s#1,2922,062
1980s#7016,249
1990s#28323,858
2000s#26827,909
2010s#45515,702
2020s#9523,928
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–9625.2%
Generation Z 1997–1253.4%
2013 and later15.7%

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 Collin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Collin has been most common in Utah (2×), Wisconsin (1.6×), and Alaska (1.4×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.17×).

78,145 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 Collin

#702 Glen · 72,858#703 Marina · 72,807#705 Maggie · 72,613#706 Jody · 72,569

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Collin, most common first.

#460 Colin · 123,025#9,532 Collen · 1,451#12,289 Collyn · 1,016#38,539 Collan · 199#45,337 Colline · 150

Also a last name

As a last name, Collin ranks #11,647 of 156,621, with 2,577 people. See Collin as a last name

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