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How popular is the name Collins?

Births per year, rank history and how many Collinses are alive today.

Collins (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 8 babies were given the name, the 1991st most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.

The Collins you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Collinses born in England and Wales are between 11 and 25, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Collins - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Collins.

How many babies are named Collins each year?

02468200020201997: 31999: 42003: 52004: 52005: 82006: 32007: 82008: 72009: 82010: 32013: 42014: 32015: 42017: 52021: 32024: 32025: 3actual

Where does Collins rank among boys' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201997: ranked 2,8591999: ranked 2,4252003: ranked 2,4702004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 1,9912006: ranked 4,0522007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 2,5072009: ranked 2,3182010: ranked 4,6782013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 4,6322015: ranked 3,9082017: ranked 3,4492021: ranked 4,7892024: ranked 5,1202025: ranked 5,137

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Collins per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 8 in 2005
Collins: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Collins most popular?

Collins peaked in 2005, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Collins?

At least 120 people named Collins born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Collins?

Most living Collinses are between 11 and 25; the most common age is about 18.

Is Collins becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.






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