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Collins

Pronounced /ˈkɑlɪnz/

Rank in 2024
#2,542
Born in 2024
53
Peak year
2023 · #2288
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:1,237 in 2024 (#257)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 53 boys were named Collins, about 1 in every 32,364.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 62 babies, ranked #2288.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 3,638 boys have been named Collins since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Collins per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 649 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 446 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 543 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 281 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 450 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 554 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 619 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

As an English surname, variant of Colin. As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”). ==== Proper noun ==== Collins (countable and uncountable, plural Collinses) An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Coileáin. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  • An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
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