Colleen

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Colleen is an English-language name of Irish origin. It derives from the Irish word cailรญn "girl/woman", the diminutive of caile "woman, countrywoman".

From Wikipedia

Colleen first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 31 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 168 babies (rank #200 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Colleen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Colleen yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,285
Total babies (all years)
31
Years in the data
168
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991106#282
1992168#200
1993134#221
1994116#234
1995125#246
199693#304
199779#349
199858#438
199950#495
200036#623
200144#559
200227#802
200327#821
200431#742
200525#918
200620#1,112
200721#1,104
200814#1,556
20098#2,387
201013#1,708
201112#1,754
20127#2,633
20137#2,616
20148#2,388
20165#3,320
201710#2,086
20189#2,215
201910#2,071
20209#2,218
20216#3,038
20237#2,739