Collyn
Collyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Collyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Collyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Collyn
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Collyn as a girl name dates back to 1975, when 8 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Collyn — #8,135 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Collyn on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Collyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 261 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Collyn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1986, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 52 births, good for #2,451 nationwide. About 41% of every Collyn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Collyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 818 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Collyn
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Collyn. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Collyn
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About the name Collyn
Collyn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 818 births in the dataset. Collyn's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #2,451. Use the chart and map above to compare Collyn'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.