Collin
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #493 for boys
Collin is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 493rd for boys in the US (613 babies).
What does Collin mean?
Greek
A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas, from Ancient Greek, variant of Colin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Collin a girl's or a boy's name?
Collin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 613 boys in the US.
How popular is Collin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Collin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Collin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Collin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #493among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 613about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 613 boys in the US were named Collin, making it the 493rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 465th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 3,358 boys. It first appears in the records in 1895. 6 girls were also named Collin in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Collin than any year since 1985.
Half of all the boys named Collin in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,619 boys in the US were given Collin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #493 for this spelling alone.
Collin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 613 | #493 |
| 2024 | 631 | #489 |
| 2023 | 614 | #486 |
| 2022 | 649 | #476 |
| 2021 | 730 | #423 |
| 2020 | 637 | #465 |
| 2019 | 820 | #382 |
| 2018 | 914 | #362 |
| 2017 | 995 | #342 |
| 2016 | 1,203 | #298 |
| 2015 | 1,383 | #261 |
| 2014 | 1,701 | #223 |
| 2013 | 1,839 | #211 |
| 2012 | 1,933 | #198 |
| 2011 | 2,175 | #174 |
| 2010 | 2,647 | #148 |
| 2009 | 3,060 | #134 |
| 2008 | 2,877 | #141 |
| 2007 | 2,227 | #185 |
| 2006 | 2,222 | #181 |
| 2005 | 2,732 | #145 |
| 2004 | 3,108 | #130 |
| 2003 | 3,006 | #133 |
| 2002 | 2,656 | #148 |
| 2001 | 2,898 | #136 |
| 2000 | 3,045 | #128 |
| 1999 | 2,918 | #130 |
| 1998 | 2,987 | #130 |
| 1997 | 3,157 | #122 |
| 1996 | 3,358 | #115 |
| 1995 | 2,468 | #141 |
| 1994 | 2,279 | #151 |
| 1993 | 2,253 | #149 |
| 1992 | 1,673 | #187 |
| 1991 | 1,491 | #209 |
| 1990 | 1,169 | #240 |
| 1989 | 1,061 | #247 |
| 1988 | 850 | #272 |
| 1987 | 797 | #276 |
| 1986 | 644 | #315 |
| 1985 | 584 | #333 |
| 1984 | 521 | #351 |
| 1983 | 493 | #359 |
| 1982 | 466 | #374 |
| 1981 | 358 | #437 |
| 1980 | 358 | #435 |
| 1979 | 335 | #443 |
| 1978 | 247 | #522 |
| 1977 | 226 | #556 |
| 1976 | 232 | #531 |
| 1975 | 195 | #576 |
| 1974 | 183 | #590 |
| 1973 | 128 | #710 |
| 1972 | 153 | #641 |
| 1971 | 171 | #632 |
| 1970 | 148 | #672 |
| 1969 | 130 | #694 |
| 1968 | 105 | #730 |
| 1967 | 111 | #703 |
| 1966 | 90 | #766 |
| 1965 | 79 | #826 |
| 1964 | 90 | #792 |
| 1963 | 83 | #829 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,055 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,067 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1959 | 64 | #963 |
| 1958 | 68 | #914 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,049 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,139 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,074 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,081 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,005 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 |
| 1948 | 53 | #953 |
| 1947 | 56 | #937 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,019 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,107 |
| 1943 | 55 | #897 |
| 1942 | 50 | #933 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
Names like Collin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cody Ryan Dylan Aiden Logan Brody Connor Kevin Kayden Ethan Kian Finn
Other spellings of Collin
Names related to Collin
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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, “Collin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/collin, updated 20 October 2026.