Collins
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #241 for girls
Collins is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “descendant of Coileán”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 241st for girls in the US (1,286 babies).
What does Collins mean?
English
“descendant of Coileán”
An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Collins a girl's or a boy's name?
Collins is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 1,286 girls and 48 boys in the US.
How popular is Collins in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Collins, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Collins in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Collins in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Collins in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #241among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,286about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,286 girls in the US were named Collins, making it the 241st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 364th. It first appears in the records in 1982. 48 boys were also named Collins in 2025 (2,676th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Collins of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Collins in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,421 girls in the US were given Collins or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #245.
- Collins 1,286
- Kollins 135
In 1988, 18% of the babies named Collins in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 96%, with more girls than boys since 2010.
Collins in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,286 | #241 |
| 2024 | 1,239 | #257 |
| 2023 | 1,272 | #239 |
| 2022 | 1,234 | #248 |
| 2021 | 1,001 | #328 |
| 2020 | 846 | #364 |
| 2019 | 765 | #409 |
| 2018 | 607 | #515 |
| 2017 | 494 | #615 |
| 2016 | 452 | #649 |
| 2015 | 405 | #703 |
| 2014 | 329 | #840 |
| 2013 | 248 | #1,005 |
| 2012 | 265 | #958 |
| 2011 | 177 | #1,323 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,769 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Names like Collins
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlie Ellis Harris Harley Riley Leo Oakley Oscar Chester Leon Harrison Henry
Other spellings of Collins
Names related to Collins
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Collins: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/collins, updated 20 October 2026.