Collen
Collen was a 7th-century monk who gave his name to Llangollen.
Meaning & Origin of Collen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Collen was a 7th-century monk who gave his name to Llangollen.
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The Story of Collen
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Collen as a girl name dates back to 1918, when 5 babies received it. 1967 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Collen — #2,780 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Collen on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Collen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 512 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Collen as a boy name dates back to 1969, when 5 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 33 newborns named Collen — #2,449 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Collen on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Collen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 661 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Collen
Collen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 661 births in the dataset. Collen's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #2,449. Use the chart and map above to compare Collen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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