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.

Collins**

#1,286 most common girls' name of all time · #2,250 across all names · 25% boys / 75% girls · used 1881–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,286
Rank overall
#2,250 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
138 of 146
All-time
14,465
Since 2016
9,713
Peak year
2023 #240
Best rank
#240 2023
Girls Boys peak 1,334/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Collins first appears in 1881. 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
2025 1,286 48 1,334 #241
2024 1,239 53 1,292 #257
2023 1,272 62 1,334 #240
2022 1,234 55 1,289 #248
2021 1,001 47 1,048 #328
2020 846 49 895 #364
2019 765 48 813 #409
2018 607 58 665 #515
2017 494 52 546 #615
2016 452 45 497 #649
2015 405 52 457 #703
2014 329 53 382 #840
2013 248 45 293 #1,005
2012 265 44 309 #959
2011 177 60 237 #1,323
2010 116 57 173 #1,770
2009 7 30 37 #13,733
2008 6 26 32 #15,444
2007 — 33 33 —
2006 — 31 31 —
2005 — 35 35 —
2004 5 28 33 #16,145
2003 7 22 29 #12,442
2002 — 29 29 —
2001 — 33 33 —
2000 — 34 34 —
1999 — 33 33 —
1998 — 21 21 —
1997 — 38 38 —
1996 — 28 28 —
1995 — 25 25 —
1994 — 27 27 —
1993 — 26 26 —
1992 — 30 30 —
1991 — 24 24 —
1990 — 35 35 —
1989 — 31 31 —
1988 6 28 34 #10,431
1987 — 39 39 —
1986 — 30 30 —
1985 — 28 28 —
1984 — 26 26 —
1983 6 20 26 #9,061
1982 6 22 28 #9,288
1981 — 31 31 —
1980 — 23 23 —
1979 — 27 27 —
1978 — 20 20 —
1977 — 19 19 —
1976 — 11 11 —
1975 — 19 19 —
1974 — 17 17 —
1973 — 15 15 —
1972 — 13 13 —
1971 — 30 30 —
1970 — 11 11 —
1969 — 16 16 —
1968 — 12 12 —
1967 — 11 11 —
1966 — 16 16 —
1965 — 21 21 —
1964 — 22 22 —
1963 — 27 27 —
1962 — 19 19 —
1961 — 20 20 —
1960 — 31 31 —
1959 — 20 20 —
1958 — 23 23 —
1957 — 30 30 —
1956 — 25 25 —
1955 — 26 26 —
1954 — 42 42 —
1953 — 48 48 —
1952 — 29 29 —
1951 — 23 23 —
1950 — 31 31 —
1949 — 39 39 —
1948 — 26 26 —
1947 — 27 27 —
1946 — 35 35 —
1945 — 21 21 —
1944 — 31 31 —
1943 — 28 28 —
1942 — 21 21 —
1941 — 24 24 —
1940 — 32 32 —
1939 — 24 24 —
1938 — 24 24 —
1937 — 21 21 —
1936 — 25 25 —
1935 — 26 26 —
1934 — 25 25 —
1933 — 31 31 —
1932 — 29 29 —
1931 — 21 21 —
1930 — 19 19 —
1929 — 18 18 —
1928 — 26 26 —
1927 — 29 29 —
1926 — 43 43 —
1925 — 21 21 —
1924 — 28 28 —
1923 — 37 37 —
1922 — 43 43 —
1921 — 43 43 —
1920 — 41 41 —
1919 — 34 34 —
1918 — 34 34 —
1917 — 30 30 —
1916 — 25 25 —
1915 — 47 47 —
1914 — 47 47 —
1913 — 31 31 —
1912 — 12 12 —
1911 — 10 10 —
1910 — 10 10 —
1909 — 10 10 —
1908 — 12 12 —
1907 — 14 14 —
1906 — 11 11 —
1905 — 6 6 —
1904 — 11 11 —
1903 — 6 6 —
1902 — 7 7 —
1901 — 7 7 —
1900 — 16 16 —
1899 — 7 7 —
1898 — 5 5 —
1896 — 5 5 —
1895 — 7 7 —
1894 — 7 7 —
1891 — 9 9 —
1889 — 7 7 —
1888 — 6 6 —
1886 — 5 5 —
1885 — 5 5 —
1883 — 9 9 —
1881 — 8 8 —