Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Collen**

#4,356 most common boys' name of all time · #10,692 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1918–2023 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,356
Rank overall
#10,692 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
1,173
Since 2016
67
Peak year
1996 #2,616
Best rank
#2,468 1997
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
192019401960198020002020

Collen first appears in 1918. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 7 7 #9,864
2021 9 9 #8,249
2020 6 6 #10,765
2019 9 9 #8,289
2018 11 11 #7,201
2017 11 11 #7,160
2016 14 14 #6,098
2015 8 8 #8,855
2014 6 6 #10,859
2013 19 19 #4,832
2012 21 21 #4,558
2011 17 17 #5,246
2010 30 30 #3,557
2009 32 32 #3,414
2008 20 20 #4,751
2007 21 21 #4,523
2006 21 21 #4,397
2005 22 22 #4,084
2004 29 29 #3,312
2003 5 19 24 #4,301
2002 31 31 #2,963
2001 21 21 #3,866
2000 5 26 31 #3,233
1999 19 19 #3,871
1998 22 22 #3,418
1997 33 33 #2,468
1996 8 29 37 #2,616
1995 21 21 #3,225
1994 5 18 23 #3,644
1993 6 20 26 #3,274
1992 6 17 23 #3,648
1991 7 11 18 #4,848
1990 9 9
1989 15 10 25 #4,892
1988 11 7 18 #5,911
1987 19 5 24 #7,199
1986 7 6 13 #6,112
1985 18 5 23 #6,768
1984 12 7 19 #5,134
1983 16 5 21 #6,481
1982 20 20
1981 8 8
1980 13 6 19 #5,727
1979 13 13
1978 7 7
1977 8 8
1976 8 8
1975 9 9
1974 11 11
1973 17 5 22 #5,352
1972 9 9
1971 15 15
1970 16 16
1969 16 5 21 #4,646
1968 11 11
1967 20 20
1966 12 12
1965 14 14
1964 7 7
1963 9 9
1962 7 7
1961 12 12
1960 9 9
1959 11 11
1958 8 8
1957 9 9
1956 5 5
1955 8 8
1952 9 9
1948 5 5
1936 5 5
1929 6 6
1928 5 5
1925 5 5
1924 5 5
1923 6 6
1918 5 5