Kolleen
Kolleen is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kolleen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kolleen 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 Kolleen
American parents first put Kolleen on the record books as a baby girl name in 1946, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 48 Kolleens were born — ranking #1,627 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Kolleens. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2011 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Kolleens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kolleen
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About the name Kolleen
Kolleen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1946 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Kolleen's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #1,627. Use the chart and map above to compare Kolleen'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.