Colin
Boy · KOL-in · Greek
Timeless
Colin is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 343rd for boys in the US (950 babies).
What does Colin mean?
Greek: medieval pet form of Nicholas; also anglicises Scottish Gaelic Cailean
“victory of the people”
Also the usual English form of the Scottish Gaelic Cailean, a name long used by the chiefs of Clan Campbell.
- Say it
- KOL-in
More on Wiktionary.
Is Colin a girl's or a boy's name?
Colin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 950 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Colin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Colin, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 172 boys.
Half of all the boys named Colin in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#96), 1914 (#82), 1924 (#61), 1934 (#26), 1944 (#15), 1954 (#22), 1964 (#25), 1974 (#44) and 1984 (#67).
Colin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 44 | #818 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 40 | #845 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,002 |
| 2017 | 51 | #748 |
| 2016 | 56 | #691 |
| 2015 | 53 | #700 |
| 2014 | 64 | #613 |
| 2013 | 52 | #708 |
| 2012 | 65 | #610 |
| 2011 | 67 | #573 |
| 2010 | 101 | #426 |
| 2009 | 74 | #521 |
| 2008 | 62 | #592 |
| 2007 | 87 | #446 |
| 2006 | 80 | #449 |
| 2005 | 63 | #499 |
| 2004 | 92 | #356 |
| 2003 | 71 | #408 |
| 2002 | 78 | #361 |
| 2001 | 106 | #296 |
| 2000 | 97 | #317 |
| 1999 | 116 | #280 |
| 1998 | 122 | #264 |
| 1997 | 172 | #210 |
| 1996 | 163 | #214 |
How popular is Colin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #343among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 950about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 950 boys in the US were named Colin, making it the 343rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 287th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5,122 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Colin than any year since 1978.
Half of all the boys named Colin in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,619 boys in the US were given Colin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #343 for this spelling alone.
Colin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 950 | #343 |
| 2024 | 1,038 | #335 |
| 2023 | 1,004 | #334 |
| 2022 | 1,170 | #292 |
| 2021 | 1,289 | #269 |
| 2020 | 1,177 | #287 |
| 2019 | 1,394 | #260 |
| 2018 | 1,479 | #249 |
| 2017 | 1,666 | #228 |
| 2016 | 2,052 | #198 |
| 2015 | 2,424 | #172 |
| 2014 | 2,883 | #142 |
| 2013 | 3,041 | #125 |
| 2012 | 3,022 | #124 |
| 2011 | 3,265 | #121 |
| 2010 | 3,489 | #111 |
| 2009 | 3,657 | #113 |
| 2008 | 3,732 | #114 |
| 2007 | 3,608 | #119 |
| 2006 | 3,861 | #111 |
| 2005 | 4,532 | #95 |
| 2004 | 5,122 | #85 |
| 2003 | 4,876 | #88 |
| 2002 | 3,315 | #116 |
| 2001 | 3,170 | #125 |
| 2000 | 3,256 | #117 |
| 1999 | 3,080 | #119 |
| 1998 | 3,076 | #122 |
| 1997 | 3,099 | #125 |
| 1996 | 2,954 | #126 |
| 1995 | 2,630 | #134 |
| 1994 | 2,815 | #124 |
| 1993 | 2,897 | #121 |
| 1992 | 2,631 | #126 |
| 1991 | 2,294 | #139 |
| 1990 | 2,782 | #122 |
| 1989 | 2,604 | #126 |
| 1988 | 2,258 | #131 |
| 1987 | 2,098 | #134 |
| 1986 | 1,690 | #158 |
| 1985 | 1,738 | #156 |
| 1984 | 1,768 | #152 |
| 1983 | 1,557 | #166 |
| 1982 | 1,536 | #171 |
| 1981 | 1,227 | #202 |
| 1980 | 1,196 | #204 |
| 1979 | 1,141 | #207 |
| 1978 | 946 | #223 |
| 1977 | 826 | #248 |
| 1976 | 790 | #250 |
| 1975 | 706 | #273 |
| 1974 | 666 | #282 |
| 1973 | 561 | #312 |
| 1972 | 566 | #321 |
| 1971 | 658 | #300 |
| 1970 | 624 | #314 |
| 1969 | 578 | #320 |
| 1968 | 502 | #343 |
| 1967 | 445 | #354 |
| 1966 | 403 | #376 |
| 1965 | 452 | #360 |
| 1964 | 390 | #405 |
| 1963 | 391 | #406 |
| 1962 | 350 | #428 |
| 1961 | 356 | #420 |
| 1960 | 295 | #463 |
| 1959 | 323 | #443 |
| 1958 | 281 | #471 |
| 1957 | 269 | #472 |
| 1956 | 286 | #445 |
| 1955 | 256 | #461 |
| 1954 | 244 | #464 |
| 1953 | 213 | #480 |
| 1952 | 198 | #500 |
| 1951 | 194 | #484 |
| 1950 | 195 | #475 |
| 1949 | 210 | #455 |
| 1948 | 221 | #448 |
| 1947 | 176 | #509 |
| 1946 | 148 | #526 |
| 1945 | 125 | #533 |
| 1944 | 237 | #394 |
| 1943 | 320 | #344 |
| 1942 | 349 | #323 |
| 1941 | 75 | #713 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 55 | #818 |
| 1938 | 55 | #834 |
| 1937 | 52 | #845 |
| 1936 | 46 | #906 |
| 1935 | 54 | #850 |
| 1934 | 64 | #771 |
| 1933 | 50 | #875 |
| 1932 | 44 | #992 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 52 | #938 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,034 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,117 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,087 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,242 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1918 | 45 | #996 |
| 1917 | 42 | #1,003 |
| 1916 | 42 | #984 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Nicknames for Colin
- Col
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