Collen
Boy · KOL-en · Welsh
Collen is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “hazel tree”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Collen mean?
Welsh: Welsh saint's name, from collen 'hazel'; also a spelling of Collin
“hazel tree”
Llangollen in north Wales takes its name from St Collen, an early Welsh abbot.
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Is Collen a girl's or a boy's name?
Collen is a boys' name.
How popular is Collen in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Collen in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Collen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
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