How rare is the name Collins?

6,872 people in the United States have the first name Collins, about 1 in 43,951. It ranks #3,169 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

COLLINS

#3,169

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,872
About
1 in 43,951
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,872 people named Collins, 66.6% reported their origin as White, 24.2% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. 57.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Collins peaked in 2023, when 1,334 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
1,334
In 2025*
1,334
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 14,465 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Collins by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #552. The largest share of babies named Collins, 75%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,86940
1890s#2,35640
1900s#1,936100
1910s#2,178280
1920s#2,513329
1930s#2,744245
1940s#2,794284
1950s#3,199297
1960s#4,426195
1970s#5,685182
1980s#4,880296
1990s#6,231287
2000s#7,186326
2010s#1,2604,372
2020s#5527,192
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.1%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–963.2%
Generation Z 1997–127.9%
2013 and later75%

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 Collins is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Collins has been most common in Alabama (3×), Nebraska (2.8×), and Utah (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.19×).

10,639 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 Collins

#3,167 Randell · 6,876#3,168 Lorenza · 6,874#3,170 Palmer · 6,871#3,170 Sheridan · 6,871

Also a last name

As a last name, Collins ranks #60 of 156,621, with 317,373 people. See Collins as a last name

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