# Collins (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/collins/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of coileán”, “knee”, “nipplewort” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑlɪnz/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Collin, Colin, Collings, Colling, Collis, Colins, Collen, Cullan |
| US babies named this | 14,465 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,686 / 10,779 (75% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 79, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Colin. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. * As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”).

## 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 | 177 | 1,323 |
| 2012 | 265 | 963 |
| 2013 | 248 | 1,005 |
| 2014 | 329 | 840 |
| 2015 | 405 | 704 |
| 2016 | 452 | 649 |
| 2017 | 494 | 615 |
| 2018 | 607 | 515 |
| 2019 | 765 | 409 |
| 2020 | 846 | 364 |
| 2021 | 1,001 | 328 |
| 2022 | 1,234 | 248 |
| 2023 | 1,272 | 239 |
| 2024 | 1,239 | 257 |
| 2025 | 1,286 | 241 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 2,177 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,722 |
| 2013 | 45 | 2,630 |
| 2014 | 53 | 2,407 |
| 2015 | 52 | 2,434 |
| 2016 | 45 | 2,693 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,457 |
| 2018 | 58 | 2,306 |
| 2019 | 48 | 2,665 |
| 2020 | 49 | 2,592 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2,700 |
| 2022 | 55 | 2,498 |
| 2023 | 62 | 2,277 |
| 2024 | 53 | 2,531 |
| 2025 | 48 | 2,684 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Collins

- Collins John, Dutch footballer
- William Collins Whitney, American politician, financier; United States Secretary of the Navy (1841-1904)
- John Collins Warren, American surgeon (1778–1856)
- Stephen Foster, American songwriter (1826-1864)
- Shaboozey, American singer (born 1995)
- Edgar Bain, American metallurgist (1891–1971)
- Joyce Bulifant, American actress
- Pierce Fulton, American DJ, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
- Albert C. Greene, American politician (1792–1863)

## 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.