# Colette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/colette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,987 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 27,987 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 595, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 240 | 1,037 |
| 2012 | 426 | 664 |
| 2013 | 458 | 613 |
| 2014 | 590 | 523 |
| 2015 | 597 | 525 |
| 2016 | 677 | 470 |
| 2017 | 585 | 530 |
| 2018 | 587 | 535 |
| 2019 | 630 | 497 |
| 2020 | 568 | 532 |
| 2021 | 686 | 456 |
| 2022 | 698 | 452 |
| 2023 | 699 | 442 |
| 2024 | 790 | 401 |
| 2025 | 962 | 316 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

## People named Colette

- Colette Besson, French sprinter
- Colette Marchand, French dancer and actress (1925-2015)
- Saint Colette, 15th c. French abbess: founded Colettine Poor Clares
- Colette Brosset, French actress (1922-2007)
- Colette Maze, French pianist
- Colette Roth-Brand, freestyle skier
- Colette Renard, French actress (1924-2010)
- Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto, Beninese educator and writer
- Colette Darfeuil, French actress (1906-1998)
- Colette Deréal, French singer (1927-1988)
- Colette Carr, American singer
- Colette Dowling, American writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.