Colleen comes from the Irish Gaelic tradition, meaning Girl, young woman, maiden.
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How popular is Colleen?
1964peak year
Today, Colleen is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2297), with only about 84 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1964, 4,544 babies were given the name (ranked #94 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1960s. Colleen has been declining in recent years. In all, around 163,029 babies have been registered as Colleen since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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