Collette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ko-LET
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,239 for girls
Collette is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,239th for girls in the US (82 babies).
What does Collette mean?
Greek: spelling of Colette, from Nicholas
“victory of the people”
A spelling of Colette, the French short form of Nicolette, from Nicholas.
Is Collette a girl's or a boy's name?
Collette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 82 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Collette in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Collette, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Collette in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were given Collette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,169, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Colette 22
- Collette 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Collette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 34 | #774 |
| 1996 | 41 | #644 |
How popular is Collette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,239th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 82 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were named Collette, making it the 2,239th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 1966, with 189 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had more girls named Collette than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Collette in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,062 girls in the US were given Collette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #2,239 for this spelling alone.
Collette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #2,239 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,425 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2017 | 82 | #2,268 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,659 |
| 1987 | 82 | #1,544 |
| 1986 | 92 | #1,392 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,522 |
| 1984 | 70 | #1,593 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,531 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,790 |
| 1980 | 76 | #1,542 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,661 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,422 |
| 1977 | 79 | #1,414 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 83 | #1,316 |
| 1974 | 96 | #1,169 |
| 1973 | 95 | #1,151 |
| 1972 | 132 | #928 |
| 1971 | 149 | #889 |
| 1970 | 158 | #853 |
| 1969 | 155 | #826 |
| 1968 | 136 | #883 |
| 1967 | 161 | #779 |
| 1966 | 189 | #713 |
| 1965 | 133 | #868 |
| 1964 | 132 | #908 |
| 1963 | 148 | #861 |
| 1962 | 156 | #842 |
| 1961 | 154 | #858 |
| 1960 | 175 | #769 |
| 1959 | 159 | #811 |
| 1958 | 149 | #832 |
| 1957 | 129 | #896 |
| 1956 | 100 | #1,022 |
| 1955 | 105 | #966 |
| 1954 | 100 | #968 |
| 1953 | 86 | #1,039 |
| 1952 | 115 | #856 |
| 1951 | 97 | #937 |
| 1950 | 76 | #1,052 |
| 1949 | 84 | #972 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,143 |
| 1947 | 58 | #1,182 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,480 |
| 1945 | 43 | #1,212 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,223 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,211 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,418 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 40 | #1,149 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1936 | 42 | #1,081 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,166 |
| 1933 | 42 | #1,076 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,082 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,375 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,534 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,305 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,303 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,448 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
Names like Collette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte, Daphne, Chloe, Nicole, Zoe, Michelle, Jasmine, Holly, Celine, Molly, Robyn, Penelope
Other spellings of Collette
Names related to Collette
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Collette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/collette, updated 20 October 2026.