Collette — #2717 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Collette

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,589 babies named Collette between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Collette currently holds the #2717 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 189 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Collette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,539 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Collette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 904 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Collette in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Collette 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 7,589 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.