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In 2024, 1,035 boys in the United States were named Colin, making it the 334th most popular boy's name that year.
It has fallen over the decade, from 142nd ten years before.
Its busiest year on record was 2004, with 5,147 births.
Records for Colin go back to 1880, and 133,202 babies have been given the name since.
An anglicized form of the Gaelic name Cailean. Its friendly sound has a gentle, intellectual quality. Irish diminutive of Nicholas meaning "victory of the people." Has a friendly, approachable quality.
Colin is of Irish/Scottish origin, described as classic in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 1,035 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
An anglicized form of the Gaelic name Cailean. Its friendly sound has a gentle, intellectual quality.
Colin is of Irish/Scottish origin, and is usually described as classic in style.
In 2024, 1,035 boys in the United States were named Colin, making it the 334th most popular boy's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 1,035 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Cole is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Colin.