Colin
#259 most common boys' name of all time · #562 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#259
Rank overall
#562 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
135 of 146
All-time
134,151
Since 2016
13,229
Peak year
2004 #85
Best rank
#85 2004
Girls
Boys
peak 5,147/yr
Colin is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 950 | 950 | #343 |
| 2024 | — | 1,038 | 1,038 | #335 |
| 2023 | — | 1,004 | 1,004 | #334 |
| 2022 | — | 1,170 | 1,170 | #292 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1,289 | 1,294 | #269 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1,177 | 1,182 | #287 |
| 2019 | — | 1,394 | 1,394 | #260 |
| 2018 | — | 1,479 | 1,479 | #249 |
| 2017 | — | 1,666 | 1,666 | #228 |
| 2016 | — | 2,052 | 2,052 | #198 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2,424 | 2,429 | #172 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2,883 | 2,888 | #142 |
| 2013 | — | 3,041 | 3,041 | #125 |
| 2012 | — | 3,022 | 3,022 | #124 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,265 | 3,272 | #121 |
| 2010 | — | 3,489 | 3,489 | #111 |
| 2009 | — | 3,657 | 3,657 | #113 |
| 2008 | — | 3,732 | 3,732 | #114 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,608 | 3,614 | #119 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,861 | 3,866 | #111 |
| 2005 | 8 | 4,532 | 4,540 | #95 |
| 2004 | 25 | 5,122 | 5,147 | #85 |
| 2003 | 7 | 4,876 | 4,883 | #88 |
| 2002 | — | 3,315 | 3,315 | #116 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3,170 | 3,180 | #125 |
| 2000 | 8 | 3,256 | 3,264 | #117 |
| 1999 | 6 | 3,080 | 3,086 | #119 |
| 1998 | 7 | 3,076 | 3,083 | #122 |
| 1997 | 10 | 3,099 | 3,109 | #125 |
| 1996 | 11 | 2,954 | 2,965 | #126 |
| 1995 | 5 | 2,630 | 2,635 | #134 |
| 1994 | 8 | 2,815 | 2,823 | #124 |
| 1993 | 14 | 2,897 | 2,911 | #121 |
| 1992 | 11 | 2,631 | 2,642 | #126 |
| 1991 | 15 | 2,294 | 2,309 | #139 |
| 1990 | 19 | 2,782 | 2,801 | #122 |
| 1989 | 17 | 2,604 | 2,621 | #126 |
| 1988 | 15 | 2,258 | 2,273 | #132 |
| 1987 | 17 | 2,098 | 2,115 | #134 |
| 1986 | 16 | 1,690 | 1,706 | #158 |
| 1985 | 17 | 1,738 | 1,755 | #156 |
| 1984 | 19 | 1,768 | 1,787 | #152 |
| 1983 | 12 | 1,557 | 1,569 | #166 |
| 1982 | 7 | 1,536 | 1,543 | #171 |
| 1981 | 16 | 1,227 | 1,243 | #202 |
| 1980 | 14 | 1,196 | 1,210 | #204 |
| 1979 | 12 | 1,141 | 1,153 | #207 |
| 1978 | 5 | 946 | 951 | #223 |
| 1977 | 12 | 826 | 838 | #248 |
| 1976 | 10 | 790 | 800 | #250 |
| 1975 | — | 706 | 706 | #273 |
| 1974 | 6 | 666 | 672 | #282 |
| 1973 | 5 | 561 | 566 | #313 |
| 1972 | 7 | 566 | 573 | #321 |
| 1971 | 7 | 658 | 665 | #300 |
| 1970 | 7 | 624 | 631 | #314 |
| 1969 | 10 | 578 | 588 | #321 |
| 1968 | — | 502 | 502 | #343 |
| 1967 | — | 445 | 445 | #355 |
| 1966 | — | 403 | 403 | #376 |
| 1965 | — | 452 | 452 | #360 |
| 1964 | — | 390 | 390 | #406 |
| 1963 | 5 | 391 | 396 | #406 |
| 1962 | — | 350 | 350 | #429 |
| 1961 | — | 356 | 356 | #420 |
| 1960 | 7 | 295 | 302 | #463 |
| 1959 | — | 323 | 323 | #443 |
| 1958 | — | 281 | 281 | #473 |
| 1957 | — | 269 | 269 | #476 |
| 1956 | — | 286 | 286 | #446 |
| 1955 | — | 256 | 256 | #462 |
| 1954 | — | 244 | 244 | #467 |
| 1953 | — | 213 | 213 | #481 |
| 1952 | — | 198 | 198 | #501 |
| 1951 | — | 194 | 194 | #485 |
| 1950 | — | 195 | 195 | #476 |
| 1949 | — | 210 | 210 | #456 |
| 1948 | — | 221 | 221 | #448 |
| 1947 | — | 176 | 176 | #510 |
| 1946 | — | 148 | 148 | #526 |
| 1945 | — | 125 | 125 | #535 |
| 1944 | — | 237 | 237 | #394 |
| 1943 | — | 320 | 320 | #344 |
| 1942 | — | 349 | 349 | #323 |
| 1941 | — | 75 | 75 | #715 |
| 1940 | — | 58 | 58 | #824 |
| 1939 | — | 55 | 55 | #822 |
| 1938 | — | 55 | 55 | #840 |
| 1937 | — | 52 | 52 | #850 |
| 1936 | — | 46 | 46 | #910 |
| 1935 | — | 54 | 54 | #853 |
| 1934 | — | 64 | 64 | #773 |
| 1933 | — | 50 | 50 | #880 |
| 1932 | — | 44 | 44 | #998 |
| 1931 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,310 |
| 1930 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,058 |
| 1929 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,097 |
| 1928 | — | 52 | 52 | #941 |
| 1927 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,115 |
| 1926 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,037 |
| 1925 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,125 |
| 1924 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,124 |
| 1923 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,090 |
| 1922 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,245 |
| 1921 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,235 |
| 1920 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,095 |
| 1919 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,038 |
| 1918 | — | 45 | 45 | #997 |
| 1917 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,008 |
| 1916 | — | 42 | 42 | #987 |
| 1915 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,163 |
| 1914 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,271 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,436 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,421 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,621 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,485 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,418 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,238 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,272 |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | #905 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,179 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,168 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #813 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,026 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,124 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #926 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #910 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #860 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #800 |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | #874 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #936 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #980 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #911 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #848 |