Collette

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Collette: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Collette: Recorded since 1964, it reached #179 in 1967, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#717
1997	#874
1998	#1122
1999	#1060
2000	#1058
2001	#1305
2002	#1928
2003	#1843
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2016	#3609
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 33 years from 1964 to 1996.

In 1997: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, #874 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #180 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1996
Highest recorded position: #179 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1964–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Collette appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 319 births with the name.

Collette across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Collette's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#180 (1964)	#179 (1967)	#471 (1996)	30 of 33	319 (1964–1996)	24 (1969)
England and Wales · Girls	#717 (1996)	#717 (1996)	#4843 (2024)	20 of 29	202 (1996–2024)	32 (1996)

Collette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Collette in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	100	6 of 10	17
1970s	117	10 of 10	12
1980s	88	10 of 10	9
1990s	14	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Collette appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #179 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Collette's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#874	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#717	32	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	13	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	19	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	13	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	13	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	16	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	24	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	11	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	17	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	18	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cait · #178, 53y
Ryszard · #176, 46y
Kilian · #184, 54y
Domhnall · #185, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ignatius · #179, 26y
Imre · #179, 31y
Muriel · #179, 26y
Cait · #178, 53y

Collette was ranked #179 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Collette and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Collette without appearing here.

Collette moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Collette

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2682 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Collette

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 while Aisling went from #154 to #17.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 while Alexandra went from #222 to #98.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 while Alison went from #146 to #46.
Ashley Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 while Ashley went from #372 to #137.

Moved the same way as Collette

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 and Alma from #327 to #534.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 and Amelia from #300 to #429.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 and Annie from #112 to #187.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Collette went from #180 to #471 and Audrey from #85 to #279.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #179 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Collette

Collette at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Collette across 2 official records

Collette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Collette appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Collette

Collette and the names beside it

Collette moved ahead of

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Collette at a glance

Collette across 2 official records

Collette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Collette appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Collette

Collette and the names beside it

Collette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Collette

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