Girl name#1,460 of girl names
Collins
Pronounced K AA1 L IH0 N Z (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2023
- 43 years in use
How popular is Collins?
Collins is a girls' name, and first appears in 1982. It has been given to 13,128 children — the 1,460th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about seven times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2023, when 1,271 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AA1 L IH0 N Z
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Collins
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Collins
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Collins?
- Collins ranks 1,460th among girls' names in US records, with 13,128 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,312.
- Is Collins a unisex name?
- No. Collins is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Collins most popular?
- 2023, when 1,271 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.