Boy or Girl

Is Collin a boy or girl name?

Collin is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 8 girls and 627 boys were named Collin, so 1.3% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.6% of the 81,336 US babies named Collin were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#489
Girl rank, 2024
#11,295
Babies named Collin since 1895
81,336
Most popular year
1996
3,369 babies
Babies named Collin each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Collin from 1895 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01,0002,0003,0004,0001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Collin, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1890s500%
1900s1400%
1910s11900%
1920s19100%
1930s14900%
1940s40500%
1950s48800%
1960s848354%
1970s2,019442.1%
1980s6,1321171.9%
1990s23,7521050.4%
2000s27,831780.3%
2010s15,609920.6%
2020s3,255481.5%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
2024627#4898#11,295
2023614#48716#6,993
2022648#4755#15,820
2021729#42311#9,097
2020637#4648#11,311
2019820#38210#9,890
2018914#36214#7,853
2017995#34210#10,128
20161,203#2986#14,727
20151,383#26113#8,562
20141,701#22310#10,303
20131,839#2119#11,218
20121,933#1988#12,472
20112,175#1747#13,681
20102,646#1495#17,606
20093,060#13410#10,861
20082,877#1419#11,805
20072,227#1856#15,931
20062,222#1810–
20052,732#1458#12,074
20043,108#13013#8,366
20033,006#1337#12,696
20022,656#1487#12,500
20012,898#1369#10,295
20003,045#1289#10,072
19992,918#1300–
19982,987#13012#7,646
19973,157#12212#7,367
19963,358#11511#7,701
19952,468#1418#9,772
19942,279#15111#7,713
19932,253#14915#6,015
19921,673#18714#6,375
19911,490#20912#7,054
19901,169#24010#8,010
19891,062#24715#5,607
1988849#27213#5,970
1987797#27612#5,999
1986643#31511#6,246
1985585#33317#4,496
1984521#35113#5,273
1983493#3596#9,260
1982466#37411#6,001
1981358#4379#6,911
1980358#43510#6,390
1979335#4430–
1978247#5220–
1977226#5565#9,912
1976232#53112#4,944
1975195#5766#8,185
1974183#59011#5,060
1973129#7080–
1972153#6425#8,507
1971171#6320–
1970148#6755#8,223
1969130#6955#7,668
1968105#7316#6,381
1967111#7046#6,145
196690#7660–
196579#8275#6,696
196490#7920–
196383#8308#4,954
196252#1,0585#6,736
196153#1,0710–
196055#1,0350–
195964#9650–
195868#9180–
195752#1,0530–
195644#1,1410–
195549#1,0790–
195448#1,0830–
195335#1,2630–
195234#1,2740–
195146#1,0560–
195048#1,0100–
194940#1,1140–
194853#9550–
194756#9400–
194645#1,0200–
194536#1,0870–
194436#1,1110–
194355#9000–
194250#9340–
194119#1,5950–
194015#1,8170–
193916#1,7310–
193815#1,8380–
193719#1,5880–
193613#1,9770–
193519#1,5970–
193410#2,4220–
193312#2,1170–
193217#1,7880–
193116#1,8630–
193012#2,3250–
192927#1,3890–
192813#2,2890–
192727#1,4420–
192618#1,8510–
19259#2,9710–
192422#1,6830–
192320#1,7670–
192219#1,8350–
192118#1,9200–
192018#1,9000–
191919#1,7630–
191812#2,4240–
191716#1,9170–
191618#1,7130–
191520#1,5700–
191410#2,1350–
19138#2,1270–
191210#1,6440–
19110–0–
19106#1,4570–
19090–0–
19080–0–
19070–0–
19060–0–
19055#1,2710–
19040–0–
19030–0–
19020–0–
19010–0–
19009#9160–
18990–0–
18980–0–
18970–0–
18960–0–
18955#1,1140–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Collin reached #115 in 1996. As a girl name, it reached #4,496 in 1985. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Collin

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.