Collin
Collin was given to 613 boys in 2025, #493 among boys’ names; 81,962 Americans have been recorded with it since 1895 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 79,000 Americans named Collin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 17 and 31.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Collin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Collin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Collin is “a diminutive of the male given name Nicholas, from Ancient Greek, variant of Colin.”
Coll + -in. A spelling variant of Colin. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, a diminutive of Nicholas.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Collin?
#493 among boys’ names, 2025
Collin fell from #261 in 2015 to #493 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.72 to 0.36 per 1,000.
3,369 babies in 1996, the peak
Collin peaked in 1996, when 3,369 babies were given it (3,358 boys, #115 among boys’ names). The 619 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 613 | #493 | 0.36 |
| 2024 | 631 | #489 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 614 | #487 | 0.36 |
| 2022 | 649 | #476 | 0.37 |
| 2021 | 730 | #423 | 0.42 |
| 2020 | 637 | #465 | 0.37 |
| 2019 | 820 | #382 | 0.46 |
| 2018 | 914 | #362 | 0.50 |
| 2017 | 995 | #342 | 0.54 |
| 2016 | 1,203 | #298 | 0.63 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,383 | #261 | 0.72 |
| 2014 | 1,701 | #223 | 0.89 |
| 2013 | 1,839 | #211 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 1,933 | #198 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 2,175 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 2,647 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 3,060 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 2008 | 2,877 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 2,227 | #185 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 2,222 | #181 | 1.1 |
| 2005 | 2,732 | #145 | 1.4 |
| 2004 | 3,108 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 2003 | 3,006 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 2,656 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 2,898 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 3,045 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1999 | 2,918 | #130 | 1.5 |
| 1998 | 2,987 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 3,157 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 3,358 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1995 | 2,468 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,279 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 2,253 | #149 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 1,673 | #187 | 0.84 |
| 1991 | 1,491 | #209 | 0.74 |
| 1990 | 1,169 | #240 | 0.57 |
| 1989 | 1,061 | #247 | 0.53 |
| 1988 | 850 | #272 | 0.44 |
| 1987 | 797 | #276 | 0.43 |
| 1986 | 644 | #315 | 0.35 |
| 1985 | 584 | #333 | 0.32 |
| 1984 | 521 | #351 | 0.29 |
| 1983 | 493 | #359 | 0.28 |
| 1982 | 466 | #374 | 0.26 |
| 1981 | 358 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1980 | 358 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 335 | #443 | 0.19 |
| 1978 | 247 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 226 | #556 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 232 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 195 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1974 | 183 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1973 | 128 | #710 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 153 | #642 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 171 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1970 | 148 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 130 | #695 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 105 | #731 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 111 | #704 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 90 | #766 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 79 | #827 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 90 | #792 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 83 | #830 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,057 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,069 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,034 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 64 | #964 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 68 | #917 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,052 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,140 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,078 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,082 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,262 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,273 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,055 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,009 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,113 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 53 | #954 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 56 | #939 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,020 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,086 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,111 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 55 | #900 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 50 | #934 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,596 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,816 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,731 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,838 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,977 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,116 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,324 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,289 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,441 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,851 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,969 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,683 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,766 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,919 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,900 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,916 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,712 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,569 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,134 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,126 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,643 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,456 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,270 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 9 | #915 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Collin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Collin has been given almost only to boys: 525 girls in 118 years of records.
Girls and boys named Collin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Collin, and how old are they?
79,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 81,962 Americans ever recorded as Collin. The median Collin alive today is 24 years old; half are between 17 and 31.
The 2020 Census counted 72,614 people named Collin (500 women and girls, 72,114 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 76,024 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 99 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 696 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,660 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 19,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 43,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Collin born?
The states with the most babies named Collin are Texas, California and Florida, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 46 | #651 | 0.9× |
| California | 39 | #701 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 39 | #467 | 0.7× |
| New York | 35 | #472 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 26 | #420 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 24 | #442 | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 23 | #361 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 22 | #477 | 0.8× |
| Kentucky | 21 | #256 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #494 | 1.1× |
Where Collin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Collin is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Collin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 225,141 babies since 1880, Collin is the second most given (36% of them). In 2025 it was given to 619 of their 1,634 babies (38%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Collin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Collin and names like it
- Compare Collin and ColinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sCollin peaked in 1996.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Collin since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Collin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1996The year the most babies were named Collin.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Collin alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.