girls:
8.3k births since 1982
#1790 (69th percentile)
boys:
3.6k births since 1881
#2075 (55th percentile)
overall:
11.8k births since 1881
#2420 (69th percentile)
The name Collins is the #2,420 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,836 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 68.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,790 (68.7% percentile) for all time with 8,251 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #2,075 (54.7% percentile) for all time with 3,585 births since 1881.
Collins first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Collins is available in 136 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (136 years for boys and 21 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 Collins has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 95.3% of babies named Collins were girls. Interestingly, until around 2011, the name was more popular for boys (94.8% boys from 1881 to 2010), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.4% girls from 2011 to 2023).
For girls, Collins reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 76.2% percentile (ranked #226) with 725 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 725 births per million (ranked 76.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Collins is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #226 (76.2% percentile) with 725 births per million.
For boys, Collins reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 9.2% percentile (ranked #414) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 99 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Collins ranks #854 for boys (6.3% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 34.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Collins".
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