Kollins
Kollins was the 1568th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 135 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1376th with 165 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,227 places. More babies were named Kollins in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Collins) son of Colin; Irish Ó Coileáin · English, Irish
- Rank in 2025
- #1,568 girls, up 681 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 135girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024165 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,133babies recorded
What does the name Kollins mean?
Kollins is a spelling of Collins, pronounced the same way, so it shares Collins's meaning and origin.
Collins is a surname with two main sources. In England it was a patronymic, "son of Colin", Colin being a medieval pet form of Nicholas built on the short form Coll. In Ireland it became the usual English form of Ó Coileáin, "descendant of Coileán", a personal name that is also the Irish word for a whelp or young dog. Woulfe's 1923 index of Irish surnames lists Collins among the anglicized forms of Ó Coileáin. As a first name it is a modern transfer from the surname.
Colin (Middle English, “pet form of Nicholas”)Ó Coileáin (Irish, “descendant of Coileán”)coileán (Irish, “whelp, young dog”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Collin, Colin, Collen.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Collins', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Patrick Woulfe, Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames (1923), index of Irish surnames and their anglicized forms, M. H. Gill & Son (Internet Archive scan)
- Wiktionary, entry 'coileán', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
Kollins popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 42 since 2013, 7 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,568 | 135 |
| 2020 | #2,249 | 80 |
| 2010 | #10,855 | 10 |
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How popular is Kollins, counting every spelling?
Kollins is a spelling of Collins, a name family that ranked #192 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,568 for Kollins on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,814 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins | 1,286 | #241 | 6,032 |
| Kollyns | 293 | #905 | 1,105 |
| Kollins | 135 | #1,568 | 683 |
| Collyns | 100 | #1,930 | 417 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kollins?
135 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kollins (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kollins born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 62 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kollins.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kollins?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Kollins are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Kollins a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kollins by state
How common Kollins was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.7×), Missouri (2.9×), Indiana (2.1×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kollins: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kollins, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kollins
What does Kollins mean?
Kollins is a spelling of Collins, which means “son of Colin; Irish Ó Coileáin” (English, Irish origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Kollins?
Kollins was the 1568th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 135 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1376th with 165 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,227 places. More babies were named Kollins in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kollins a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kollins in the US.
Where is Kollins most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kollins was most common in Nebraska (0.45 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Missouri.