Unisex name
Collins
14,465 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 2023. Expression number: 3.
Origin
As an English surname, variant of Colin. As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”).From Wiktionary, entry “Collins”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 2023: 1,334 births. 14,465 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is given to girls (75%) as well as boys (25%). It really came into use around 1913. It is still given: 6,297 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
3 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 1 = 30 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
6 + 9 = 15 → 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
3 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 1 = 15 → 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.