girls:
512 births since 1918
#5204 (9th percentile)
boys:
661 births since 1969
#3926 (14th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1918
#6567 (15th percentile)
The name Collen is the #6,567 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,173 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 15.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,926 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 661 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,204 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 512 births since 1918.
Collen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Collen is available in 77 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (52 years for girls and 42 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Collen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Collen were boys. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (84.4% girls from 1918 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (95.2% boys from 1993 to 2023).
For boys, Collen reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #764) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Despite a low point around 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Collen ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 23.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Collen reached its peak popularity in 1967, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #723) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Collen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Collen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Collen is pronounced as KAH-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-lihn, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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