Collete — girls' name
10 babies named Collete in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Collete was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Collete in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Collete
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Collete between 1986 and 1993, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Collete currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Collete performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Collete shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Collete in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Collete at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Collete popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
10 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 5 births in a single year.
Collete by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Collete's all-time total
Collete decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Collete's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.