Collins
The 2025 national count puts Collins at #241, with the curve still pointing up. The record does not even know it before 1982; since then, 10,779 American children.
Collins’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Collins, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Collins since 1982
Collins is at its all-time peak right now: #241 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Collins is most common
Among the states, Collins takes its largest share in North Dakota, 0.41% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Iowa and Nebraska next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Collins
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Cohen
#225 in 2025
Camden
#205 in 2025
Callan
#190 in 2025
Callie
#175 in 2025
Colter
#157 in 2025
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Carson
#124 in 2025
Callum
#118 in 2025 · Gaelic
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About Collins
How common is Collins today?
The 2025 national count puts Collins at #241, with the curve still pointing up. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1982.
Does Collins have a meaning on record?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Collins, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
What names go with Collins?
Nearest by the published recipe: Cohen, Camden and Callan. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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