Colleen
Girl nameColleen has been given to 163,084 babies in the U.S. since 1901. It peaked in 1964.
Meaning & origin /kəˈliːn/
From the word colleen, from Irish cailín (“girl”), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, which was a product of marketing by the Hollywood film industry (to promote a new starlet in the 1920s).
Origin: English, Irish
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
163,084
Peak year
1964 (4,560 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1901
10-year trend
▼ -48%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Colleen
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (1937-2015)
Colleen Hoover
American author
CoCo Vandeweghe
American tennis player
Colleen Dewhurst
Canadian-American actress (1924-1991)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Colleen.
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