Colleen
#252 most common girls' name of all time · #465 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1901–2025
Rank among girls
#252
Rank overall
#465 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
163,084
Since 2016
783
Peak year
1964 #94
Best rank
#93 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 4,560/yr
Colleen first appears in 1901. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2024 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,801 |
| 2023 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,246 |
| 2022 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2021 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,643 |
| 2020 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,605 |
| 2019 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,016 |
| 2018 | 89 | — | 89 | #2,133 |
| 2017 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,932 |
| 2016 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,958 |
| 2015 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,815 |
| 2014 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,775 |
| 2013 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,489 |
| 2012 | 148 | — | 148 | #1,504 |
| 2011 | 154 | — | 154 | #1,458 |
| 2010 | 202 | — | 202 | #1,198 |
| 2009 | 215 | — | 215 | #1,169 |
| 2008 | 226 | — | 226 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 244 | — | 244 | #1,076 |
| 2006 | 296 | — | 296 | #897 |
| 2005 | 340 | 6 | 346 | #775 |
| 2004 | 382 | — | 382 | #701 |
| 2003 | 433 | — | 433 | #620 |
| 2002 | 500 | — | 500 | #548 |
| 2001 | 636 | — | 636 | #439 |
| 2000 | 609 | — | 609 | #455 |
| 1999 | 690 | — | 690 | #403 |
| 1998 | 843 | — | 843 | #346 |
| 1997 | 1,002 | — | 1,002 | #287 |
| 1996 | 1,059 | — | 1,059 | #272 |
| 1995 | 1,257 | — | 1,257 | #224 |
| 1994 | 1,414 | — | 1,414 | #206 |
| 1993 | 1,585 | — | 1,585 | #184 |
| 1992 | 1,669 | — | 1,669 | #184 |
| 1991 | 1,600 | — | 1,600 | #188 |
| 1990 | 1,808 | — | 1,808 | #160 |
| 1989 | 1,809 | 12 | 1,821 | #159 |
| 1988 | 1,704 | 6 | 1,710 | #167 |
| 1987 | 1,747 | 9 | 1,756 | #158 |
| 1986 | 1,841 | 7 | 1,848 | #152 |
| 1985 | 1,954 | 15 | 1,969 | #150 |
| 1984 | 2,067 | 6 | 2,073 | #144 |
| 1983 | 2,008 | 9 | 2,017 | #144 |
| 1982 | 2,145 | 8 | 2,153 | #139 |
| 1981 | 2,068 | 8 | 2,076 | #138 |
| 1980 | 2,125 | 14 | 2,139 | #137 |
| 1979 | 2,135 | 11 | 2,146 | #133 |
| 1978 | 2,057 | — | 2,057 | #133 |
| 1977 | 1,998 | 8 | 2,006 | #145 |
| 1976 | 2,043 | 7 | 2,050 | #136 |
| 1975 | 2,100 | 11 | 2,111 | #133 |
| 1974 | 2,344 | 10 | 2,354 | #123 |
| 1973 | 2,307 | 6 | 2,313 | #125 |
| 1972 | 2,503 | 10 | 2,513 | #123 |
| 1971 | 2,947 | 10 | 2,957 | #121 |
| 1970 | 3,325 | 13 | 3,338 | #117 |
| 1969 | 3,410 | 11 | 3,421 | #109 |
| 1968 | 3,485 | 6 | 3,491 | #101 |
| 1967 | 3,621 | 7 | 3,628 | #96 |
| 1966 | 3,746 | 13 | 3,759 | #93 |
| 1965 | 4,028 | 11 | 4,039 | #93 |
| 1964 | 4,546 | 14 | 4,560 | #94 |
| 1963 | 4,447 | 8 | 4,455 | #98 |
| 1962 | 4,425 | — | 4,425 | #101 |
| 1961 | 4,515 | 12 | 4,527 | #106 |
| 1960 | 4,450 | 7 | 4,457 | #107 |
| 1959 | 4,337 | 6 | 4,343 | #110 |
| 1958 | 3,922 | 7 | 3,929 | #116 |
| 1957 | 3,892 | 6 | 3,898 | #118 |
| 1956 | 3,897 | 5 | 3,902 | #113 |
| 1955 | 3,870 | — | 3,870 | #110 |
| 1954 | 3,483 | — | 3,483 | #119 |
| 1953 | 3,375 | 8 | 3,383 | #115 |
| 1952 | 3,470 | — | 3,470 | #108 |
| 1951 | 3,048 | — | 3,048 | #114 |
| 1950 | 2,619 | — | 2,619 | #124 |
| 1949 | 2,032 | — | 2,032 | #146 |
| 1948 | 1,783 | — | 1,783 | #161 |
| 1947 | 1,267 | — | 1,267 | #209 |
| 1946 | 1,093 | — | 1,093 | #213 |
| 1945 | 812 | 5 | 817 | #233 |
| 1944 | 724 | — | 724 | #248 |
| 1943 | 768 | — | 768 | #252 |
| 1942 | 745 | — | 745 | #251 |
| 1941 | 601 | — | 601 | #261 |
| 1940 | 648 | — | 648 | #249 |
| 1939 | 665 | — | 665 | #242 |
| 1938 | 697 | — | 697 | #235 |
| 1937 | 740 | — | 740 | #223 |
| 1936 | 853 | — | 853 | #198 |
| 1935 | 672 | — | 672 | #242 |
| 1934 | 712 | 7 | 719 | #236 |
| 1933 | 674 | 5 | 679 | #236 |
| 1932 | 709 | — | 709 | #227 |
| 1931 | 760 | — | 760 | #219 |
| 1930 | 946 | — | 946 | #201 |
| 1929 | 1,067 | — | 1,067 | #186 |
| 1928 | 1,099 | — | 1,099 | #185 |
| 1927 | 1,062 | 6 | 1,068 | #192 |
| 1926 | 945 | — | 945 | #204 |
| 1925 | 696 | — | 696 | #252 |
| 1924 | 524 | — | 524 | #289 |
| 1923 | 311 | — | 311 | #377 |
| 1922 | 185 | — | 185 | #514 |
| 1921 | 112 | — | 112 | #703 |
| 1920 | 79 | — | 79 | #818 |
| 1919 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,089 |
| 1918 | 68 | — | 68 | #875 |
| 1917 | 69 | — | 69 | #829 |
| 1916 | 65 | — | 65 | #847 |
| 1915 | 52 | — | 52 | #926 |
| 1914 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,056 |
| 1913 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,088 |
| 1912 | 28 | — | 28 | #977 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,363 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,327 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | 18 | #989 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,201 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,380 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,145 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,892 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,361 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,030 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,667 |