girls:
248 births since 1992
#5468 (4th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1898
#2951 (36th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1898
#5748 (26th percentile)
The name Collier is the #5,748 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,029 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 25.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,951 (35.6% percentile) for all time with 1,781 births since 1898. For girls, it ranks #5,468 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 248 births since 1992.
Collier first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (1898 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Collier is available in 102 out of the 126 years between 1898 and 2023 (102 years for boys and 19 years for girls). 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 Collier has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.8% of babies named Collier were boys.
For boys, Collier reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #832) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1898, with 53 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Collier ranks #861 for boys (5.5% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 56.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Collier reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #935) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Collier ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 91.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Collier".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Collier. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.2% confident that Collier is pronounced as KAHL-yer, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-lee-er, at 13.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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