Collin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Collin: Recorded since 1996, it reached #698 in 2008, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#698highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2017

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#1821
1999	#2425
2003	#2857
2004	#2578
2006	#4052
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2010	#2941
2011	#2892
2012	#2721
2013	#3315
2016	#3478
2017	#3996

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 22 years from 1996 to 2017.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4432 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #3996 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Boys

Collin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Collin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	18	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	33	6 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Collin appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Collin'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
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

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

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

Where Collin is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Collin, between 1996 and 2017, in 14 of those 22 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2017	14	#1821 in 1998
Republic of Ireland	2008	1	#698 in 2008

Its high point came 10 years earlier in England and Wales (1998) than in Republic of Ireland (2008).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1999; it appears again in 2003.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2017, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #698, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,996position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

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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Colm · #32, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Artiom · #698, 16y
Benjamen · #698, 15y
Brajan · #698, 12y
Jeremi · #698, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amr · #698, 30y
Benjamen · #698, 15y
Fareed · #698, 28y
Kyal · #698, 15y

Collin was ranked #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Collin 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Collin without appearing here.

Collin moved ahead of

Erin
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.
Graeme
In 2010 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #4647.
Brooke
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.
Kerry
In 2009 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Collin

Arlo
In 2002 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1188.
Isak
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #2660.
Rune
In 2016 they stood at #3478 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #3449.
Gustav
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #2458.

Moved the opposite way to Collin

Cooper
Between 1998 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Collin went from #1821 to #3996 while Cooper went from #1110 to #154.
Arlo
Between 1999 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Collin went from #2425 to #3996 while Arlo went from #2943 to #42.
Harper
Between 1999 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Collin went from #2425 to #3996 while Harper went from #2425 to #684.
Kasper
Between 1999 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Collin went from #2425 to #3996 while Kasper went from #2425 to #439.

What is known about Collin

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1996–2017.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Collin

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Collin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Collin appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Collin at a glance

Collin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Collin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Collin

Collin and the names beside it

Collin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Collin

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