Collins

maleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#409highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1999	#2425
2003	#2470
2004	#2578
2005	#1991
2006	#4052
2007	#2211
2008	#2507
2009	#2318
2010	#4678
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2017	#3449
2021	#4789
2024	#5119
2025	#5137

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 17 of the 29 years from 1997 to 2025.

In 2007: #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2211 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2007
Highest recorded position: #409 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2007).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5137 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Collins appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 79 births with the name.

Collins 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.

Collins'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1991 (2005)	#5137 (2025)	17 of 29	79 (1997–2025)	8 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#409 (2001)	#629 (2007)	3 of 7	9 (2001–2007)	3 (2001)

Collins 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 Collins in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	44	7 of 10	6
2010s	19	5 of 10	4
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Collins 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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Collins'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#5137	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	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 Collins is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Collins, between 1997 and 2025, in 18 of those 29 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.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1997–2025	17	#1991 in 2005
Republic of Ireland	2001–2007	3	#409 in 2001

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 2017; it appears again in 2021.

Collins was ranked #409 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2001. 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.

Abdulrahman#409
Abiola#409
Ahmad#409
Allan#409

Collins 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Collins without appearing here.

Collins moved ahead of

Brooke
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.
Graeme
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.
Malin
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.
Shannon
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Collins

Matheo
In 2020 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3017.
Robyn
In 2020 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.
Arlo
In 2002 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2470 and #1188.
Willow
In 2013 they stood at #2507 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #3362.

Moved the opposite way to Collins

Albie
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 while Albie went from #914 to #21.
Alfie
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 while Alfred went from #192 to #76.
Archie
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 while Archie went from #141 to #11.

Moved the same way as Collins

Aaron
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 and Aaron from #32 to #180.
Alan
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 and Alan from #179 to #539.
Alex
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 and Alex from #43 to #207.
Alexander
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Collins went from #2859 to #5137 and Alexander from #16 to #40.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Collins across 2 official records

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Collins across 2 official records

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