Colleen

Boy · recorded 1927–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1985best year

Most popular in 1985.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Colleen.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1927

04819271947196619862005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 38 recorded years as a table
Colleen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19275
19335
19347
19454
19534
19562
19573
19583
19593
19603
19616
19634
19647
19656
19667
19674
19683
19696
19707
19716
19726
19734
19746
19757
19764
19775
19796
19808
19814
19824
19835
19843
19858
19864
19875
19883
19896
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Colleen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#10,151
How rare
1 in 332,884 boys
Since 1927
330

Colleen was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1985, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Colleen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.