Collins
- Pronunciation
- [Co-llins]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Abbreviation Of Nicholas People's Victory.
- Origin
- English
Collins Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,638 baby boys have been named Collins. The name peaked in 2023 with 62 US births that year (rank #2276). In 2024, ranked #2524 nationally — 248 places below its 2023 peak.
Top States for Collins
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Collins births are: Louisiana (103), Texas (88), Alabama (64).
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7-Letter Names Starting with C
Names with Collins's exact length and starting letter: Cadabyr, Cadassi, Cadence, Cadenza, Caedmon.
Quick Facts About Collins
US Popularity History (2012–2025)
Annual US births named Collins by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 1,286 girls named Collins (girl rank #241 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Collins Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Collins the strongest states are South Dakota, Alabama, North Dakota.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota | #94 | 71 |
| 2 | Alabama | #108 | 380 |
| 3 | North Dakota | #127 | 63 |
| 4 | Nebraska | #139 | 157 |
| 5 | Iowa | #145 | 213 |
| 6 | Kansas | #167 | 192 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | #176 | 222 |
| 8 | Montana | #177 | 17 |
| 9 | South Carolina | #187 | 255 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #201 | 240 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #781 | 62 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #750 | 50 |
| 3 | Maryland | #639 | 76 |
| 4 | Arizona | #638 | 76 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #636 | 58 |
| 6 | Oregon | #595 | 23 |
| 7 | Washington | #560 | 64 |
| 8 | Florida | #545 | 331 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #537 | 155 |
| 10 | Michigan | #497 | 164 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Collins in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Collins to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Collins against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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