Collin — #489 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Collin

The Social Security Administration has registered 80,817 babies named Collin between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Collin currently holds the #489 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 3,358 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Collin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27,831 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Collin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,672 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Collin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Collin 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 80,817 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.