Colleen

girls:

162.6k births since 1901

#241 (96th percentile)

boys:

330 births since 1927

#4256 (7th percentile)

overall:

163k births since 1901

#459 (94th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Colleen".

1901 2023 19012023

Key Statistics

Total Births
162,629
Peak Births
4,544
Peak Year
1964
First Recorded
1901
Peak Percentile
88.1%
Current Percentile
8.2%
Peak Rank
#93
Current Rank
#869
Female statistics
Total Births
330
Peak Births
15
Peak Year
1989
First Recorded
1927
Peak Percentile
1.5%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#521
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Colleen

Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Colleen. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 29.4% confident that Colleen is pronounced as kah-LEEN. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEEN, at 17.6% confidence.

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kah-LEEN (2 syllables)
Verified
29.4% confidence
K AA0 L IY1 N
KAW-leen (2 syllables)
9.8% confidence
K AO1 L IY0 N
kah-leen (2 syllables)
7.8% confidence
K AA0 L IY0 N
kuh-leen (2 syllables)
3.9% confidence
K AH0 L IY0 N
KOH-LEEN (2 syllables)
3.9% confidence
K OW1 L IY1 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Colleen. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Colleen, please vote using the thumbs up button.

koh-LEEN (2 syllables)
10 names 15.2k births
K OW0 L IY1 N
kaw-LEEN (2 syllables)
2 names 13k births
K AO0 L IY1 N

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA0 L IY1 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.