Colleen
Girl · Irish
Colleen is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “girl”. In 2025 it ranked 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Colleen mean?
Irish
“girl”
A female given name from English or Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Colleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Colleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Colleen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 60 girls.
Half of all the girls named Colleen in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Colleen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 26 | #1,027 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 28 | #904 |
| 2001 | 32 | #819 |
| 2000 | 45 | #642 |
| 1999 | 55 | #565 |
| 1998 | 60 | #529 |
| 1997 | 58 | #527 |
| 1996 | 48 | #568 |
How popular is Colleen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,822among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Colleen, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 4,546 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
Half of all the girls named Colleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Colleen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
- Colleen 60
- Collin 6
Colleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 83 | #2,244 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 89 | #2,130 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,930 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 115 | #1,814 |
| 2014 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,487 |
| 2012 | 148 | #1,503 |
| 2011 | 154 | #1,458 |
| 2010 | 202 | #1,197 |
| 2009 | 215 | #1,167 |
| 2008 | 226 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 244 | #1,075 |
| 2006 | 296 | #897 |
| 2005 | 340 | #775 |
| 2004 | 382 | #701 |
| 2003 | 433 | #620 |
| 2002 | 500 | #548 |
| 2001 | 636 | #439 |
| 2000 | 609 | #455 |
| 1999 | 690 | #403 |
| 1998 | 843 | #346 |
| 1997 | 1,002 | #287 |
| 1996 | 1,059 | #272 |
| 1995 | 1,257 | #224 |
| 1994 | 1,414 | #206 |
| 1993 | 1,585 | #184 |
| 1992 | 1,669 | #184 |
| 1991 | 1,600 | #188 |
| 1990 | 1,808 | #160 |
| 1989 | 1,809 | #158 |
| 1988 | 1,704 | #166 |
| 1987 | 1,747 | #158 |
| 1986 | 1,841 | #152 |
| 1985 | 1,954 | #150 |
| 1984 | 2,067 | #144 |
| 1983 | 2,008 | #144 |
| 1982 | 2,145 | #139 |
| 1981 | 2,068 | #138 |
| 1980 | 2,125 | #137 |
| 1979 | 2,135 | #133 |
| 1978 | 2,057 | #133 |
| 1977 | 1,998 | #145 |
| 1976 | 2,043 | #136 |
| 1975 | 2,100 | #133 |
| 1974 | 2,344 | #123 |
| 1973 | 2,307 | #125 |
| 1972 | 2,503 | #123 |
| 1971 | 2,947 | #121 |
| 1970 | 3,325 | #117 |
| 1969 | 3,410 | #109 |
| 1968 | 3,485 | #101 |
| 1967 | 3,621 | #96 |
| 1966 | 3,746 | #93 |
| 1965 | 4,028 | #93 |
| 1964 | 4,546 | #94 |
| 1963 | 4,447 | #98 |
| 1962 | 4,425 | #101 |
| 1961 | 4,515 | #106 |
| 1960 | 4,450 | #107 |
| 1959 | 4,337 | #110 |
| 1958 | 3,922 | #116 |
| 1957 | 3,892 | #118 |
| 1956 | 3,897 | #113 |
| 1955 | 3,870 | #110 |
| 1954 | 3,483 | #119 |
| 1953 | 3,375 | #115 |
| 1952 | 3,470 | #108 |
| 1951 | 3,048 | #114 |
| 1950 | 2,619 | #124 |
| 1949 | 2,032 | #146 |
| 1948 | 1,783 | #161 |
| 1947 | 1,267 | #209 |
| 1946 | 1,093 | #213 |
| 1945 | 812 | #233 |
| 1944 | 724 | #248 |
| 1943 | 768 | #252 |
| 1942 | 745 | #251 |
| 1941 | 601 | #260 |
| 1940 | 648 | #249 |
| 1939 | 665 | #242 |
| 1938 | 697 | #235 |
| 1937 | 740 | #223 |
| 1936 | 853 | #198 |
| 1935 | 672 | #242 |
| 1934 | 712 | #236 |
| 1933 | 674 | #236 |
| 1932 | 709 | #227 |
| 1931 | 760 | #219 |
| 1930 | 946 | #201 |
| 1929 | 1,067 | #186 |
| 1928 | 1,099 | #185 |
| 1927 | 1,062 | #192 |
| 1926 | 945 | #204 |
| 1925 | 696 | #252 |
| 1924 | 524 | #289 |
| 1923 | 311 | #377 |
| 1922 | 185 | #513 |
| 1921 | 112 | #699 |
| 1920 | 79 | #817 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,075 |
| 1918 | 68 | #869 |
| 1917 | 69 | #825 |
| 1916 | 65 | #840 |
| 1915 | 52 | #917 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,034 |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,067 |
| 1912 | 28 | #960 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 18 | #961 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
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