Colin is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2004 and has since faded.
Colin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #343 for boy births in the United States (and #681 across all names), given to 950 babies. Colin first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2004 (5,122 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 950 | 950 | — | #343 |
| 2024 | 1,038 | 1,038 | — | #335 |
| 2023 | 1,004 | 1,004 | — | #334 |
| 2022 | 1,170 | 1,170 | — | #293 |
| 2021 | 1,294 | 1,294 | #15,766 | #269 |
| 2020 | 1,182 | 1,182 | #15,643 | #287 |
| 2019 | 1,394 | 1,394 | — | #260 |
| 2018 | 1,479 | 1,479 | — | #249 |
| 2017 | 1,666 | 1,666 | — | #228 |
| 2016 | 2,052 | 2,052 | — | #198 |
| 2015 | 2,429 | 2,429 | #17,030 | #172 |
| 2014 | 2,888 | 2,888 | #17,148 | #142 |
| 2013 | 3,041 | 3,041 | — | #125 |
| 2012 | 3,022 | 3,022 | — | #124 |
| 2011 | 3,272 | 3,272 | #13,682 | #121 |
| 2010 | 3,489 | 3,489 | — | #111 |
| 2009 | 3,657 | 3,657 | — | #113 |
| 2008 | 3,732 | 3,737 | — | #114 |
| 2007 | 3,614 | 3,614 | #15,930 | #119 |
| 2006 | 3,866 | 3,866 | #17,728 | #111 |
| 2005 | 4,540 | 4,546 | #12,073 | #95 |
| 2004 | 5,147 | 5,147 | #5,096 | #85 |
| 2003 | 4,883 | 4,883 | #12,695 | #88 |
| 2002 | 3,315 | 3,321 | — | #116 |
| 2001 | 3,180 | 3,180 | #9,531 | #125 |
| 2000 | 3,264 | 3,264 | #10,956 | #117 |
| 1999 | 3,086 | 3,086 | #13,034 | #119 |
| 1998 | 3,083 | 3,083 | #11,383 | #122 |
| 1997 | 3,109 | — | #8,494 | #125 |
| 1996 | 2,965 | — | #7,700 | #126 |
| 1995 | 2,635 | — | #13,884 | #134 |
| 1994 | 2,823 | — | #9,754 | #124 |
| 1993 | 2,911 | — | #6,338 | #121 |
| 1992 | 2,642 | — | #7,630 | #126 |
| 1991 | 2,309 | — | #6,009 | #139 |
| 1990 | 2,801 | — | #4,906 | #122 |
| 1989 | 2,621 | — | #5,093 | #126 |
| 1988 | 2,273 | — | #5,381 | #131 |
| 1987 | 2,115 | — | #4,699 | #134 |
| 1986 | 1,706 | — | #4,771 | #158 |
| 1985 | 1,755 | — | #4,496 | #156 |
| 1984 | 1,787 | — | #4,030 | #152 |
| 1983 | 1,569 | — | #5,521 | #166 |
| 1982 | 1,543 | — | #8,400 | #171 |
| 1981 | 1,243 | — | #4,573 | #202 |
| 1980 | 1,210 | — | #5,029 | #204 |
| 1979 | 1,153 | — | #5,488 | #207 |
| 1978 | 951 | — | #10,050 | #223 |
| 1977 | 838 | — | #5,262 | #248 |
| 1976 | 800 | — | #5,664 | #250 |
| 1975 | 706 | — | — | #273 |
| 1974 | 672 | — | #7,874 | #282 |
| 1973 | 566 | — | #8,669 | #312 |
| 1972 | 573 | — | #6,691 | #321 |
| 1971 | 665 | — | #6,734 | #300 |
| 1970 | 631 | — | #6,469 | #314 |
| 1969 | 588 | — | #4,774 | #321 |
| 1968 | 502 | — | — | #343 |
| 1967 | 445 | — | — | #354 |
| 1966 | 403 | — | — | #376 |
| 1965 | 452 | — | — | #360 |
| 1964 | 390 | — | — | #405 |
| 1963 | 396 | — | #6,772 | #406 |
| 1962 | 350 | — | — | #428 |
| 1961 | 356 | — | — | #420 |
| 1960 | 302 | — | #5,266 | #463 |
| 1959 | 323 | — | — | #443 |
| 1958 | 281 | — | — | #471 |
| 1957 | 269 | — | — | #474 |
| 1956 | 286 | — | — | #446 |
| 1955 | 256 | — | — | #462 |
| 1954 | 244 | — | — | #465 |
| 1953 | 213 | — | — | #481 |
| 1952 | 198 | — | — | #501 |
| 1951 | 194 | — | — | #485 |
| 1950 | 195 | — | — | #476 |
| 1949 | 210 | — | — | #456 |
| 1948 | 221 | — | — | #448 |
| 1947 | 176 | — | — | #510 |
| 1946 | 148 | — | — | #526 |
| 1945 | 125 | — | — | #534 |
| 1944 | 237 | — | — | #394 |
| 1943 | 320 | — | — | #345 |
| 1942 | 349 | — | — | #323 |
| 1941 | 75 | — | — | #713 |
| 1940 | 58 | — | — | #822 |
| 1939 | 55 | — | — | #820 |
| 1938 | 55 | — | — | #837 |
| 1937 | 52 | — | — | #847 |
| 1936 | 46 | — | — | #908 |
| 1935 | 54 | — | — | #852 |
| 1934 | 64 | — | — | #771 |
| 1933 | 50 | — | — | #876 |
| 1932 | 44 | — | — | #995 |
| 1931 | 28 | — | — | #1,309 |
| 1930 | 43 | — | — | #1,056 |
| 1929 | 40 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1928 | 52 | — | — | #939 |
| 1927 | 41 | — | — | #1,115 |
| 1926 | 45 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1925 | 39 | — | — | #1,126 |
| 1924 | 41 | — | — | #1,121 |
| 1923 | 43 | — | — | #1,088 |
| 1922 | 34 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1921 | 35 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1919 | 43 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1918 | 45 | — | — | #997 |
| 1917 | 42 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1916 | 42 | — | — | #989 |
| 1915 | 31 | — | — | #1,163 |
| 1914 | 23 | — | — | #1,230 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | — | #1,267 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | — | #1,435 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | — | #1,415 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,641 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,499 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,423 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,226 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | — | #1,270 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #896 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #802 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | — | #910 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #896 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #840 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | — | #780 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | — | #853 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #924 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #965 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | — | #894 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | — | #833 |