Kollin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOL-in
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Kollin is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Kollin mean?
Greek: spelling of Colin; medieval pet form of Nicholas; also anglicises Scottish Gaelic Cailean
“victory of the people”
Also the usual English form of the Scottish Gaelic Cailean, a name long used by the chiefs of Clan Campbell.
Meaning borrowed from Colin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kollin a girl's or a boy's name?
Kollin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kollin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Kollin, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 128 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Kollin in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,619 boys in the US were given Kollin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #3,127 for this spelling alone.
Kollin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 91 | #1,679 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,551 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,516 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2009 | 128 | #1,347 |
| 2008 | 120 | #1,408 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,322 |
| 2004 | 91 | #1,482 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,588 |
| 2002 | 79 | #1,554 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,448 |
| 2000 | 97 | #1,320 |
| 1999 | 76 | #1,486 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,369 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,271 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,234 |
| 1995 | 54 | #1,661 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,738 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
Nicknames for Kollin
- Col
Names like Kollin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Kayden Brayden Kian Aiden Declan Ronan Deacon Kenan Cannon Brody Finn
Other spellings of Kollin
Names related to Kollin
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kollin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kollin, updated 20 October 2026.