# Collette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/collette/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,672 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,672 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 205, 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 | 40 | 3,791 |
| 2012 | 65 | 2,713 |
| 2013 | 79 | 2,329 |
| 2014 | 90 | 2,130 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2,530 |
| 2016 | 90 | 2,153 |
| 2017 | 82 | 2,272 |
| 2018 | 88 | 2,149 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,459 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,724 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,492 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,429 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,524 |
| 2024 | 64 | 2,698 |
| 2025 | 82 | 2,243 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 10 | 1,843 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Collette

- Collette Wolfe, American actress
- Collette McCallum, Australian association football player
- Layne Beachley, Australian surfer and actress (born 1972)

## 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.