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How popular is “Collins” in the USA?

Number of people named “Collins” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Collins” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Collins” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Collins” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Collins” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Collins” by birth year

This chart shows how “Collins” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 16 0.000035535 16 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 -100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 -100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 31 0.000027262 31 -100%
1914 47 0.000033184 47 -100%
1915 47 0.000025649 47 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 -100%
1920 41 0.00001812 41 -100%
1921 43 0.000018419 43 -100%
1922 43 0.000018784 43 -100%
1923 37 0.00001607 37 -100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 -100%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 43 0.000018729 43 -100%
1927 29 0.000012503 29 -100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 -100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 29 0.000013736 29 -100%
1933 31 0.000015504 31 -100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 -100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 -100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 24 0.000010847 24 -100%
1939 24 0.000010892 24 -100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 35 0.000010954 35 -100%
1947 27 0.000007495 27 -100%
1948 26 0.000007531 26 -100%
1949 39 0.000011192 39 -100%
1950 31 0.000008849 31 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 29 0.000007636 29 -100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 -100%
1954 42 0.000010551 42 -100%
1955 26 0.000006476 26 -100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 -100%
1957 30 0.000007139 30 -100%
1958 23 0.000005564 23 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 -100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 -100%
1963 27 0.000006821 27 -100%
1964 22 0.000005659 22 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 30 0.00000874 30 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 27 0.000008115 27 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 6 22 -57%
1983 26 0.000007507 6 20 -54%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 28 0.000007845 28 -100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 -100%
1987 39 0.000010816 39 -100%
1988 34 0.000009202 6 28 -65%
1989 31 0.000008064 31 -100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 -100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 -100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 -100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 -100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 -100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 -100%
1997 38 0.000010481 38 -100%
1998 21 0.000005709 21 -100%
1999 33 0.000008934 33 -100%
2000 34 0.000008995 34 -100%
2001 33 0.000008816 33 -100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 7 22 -52%
2004 33 0.000008637 5 28 -70%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 -100%
2006 31 0.000007836 31 -100%
2007 33 0.000008255 33 -100%
2008 32 0.000008141 6 26 -63%
2009 37 0.000009685 7 30 -62%
2010 173 0.000046811 116 57 34%
2011 237 0.000064793 177 60 49%
2012 309 0.000084487 265 44 72%
2013 293 0.000080369 248 45 69%
2014 382 0.000103066 329 53 72%
2015 457 0.000123483 405 52 77%
2016 497 0.00013547 452 45 82%
2017 546 0.000152676 494 52 81%
2018 665 0.000189141 607 58 83%
2019 813 0.000234231 765 48 88%
2020 895 0.000267918 846 49 89%
2021 1048 0.000309332 1001 47 91%
2022 1289 0.000381008 1234 55 91%
2023 1333 0.000402574 1271 62 91%
2024 1290 0.000387562 1237 53 92%

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