Collett — girls' name
41 babies named Collett in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Collett was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Collett in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Collett
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Collett between 1953 and 1998, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Collett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Collett performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Collett shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Collett 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 41 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.
Collett at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Collett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1953
- Peak year (1982)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
41 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 7 births in a single year.
Collett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 17 births that decade — 41% of Collett's all-time total
Collett decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Collett's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1953–1998 (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.