Name meaning & stats
Colleen
Colleen means “girl” (English origin). 149,073 US babies since 1940, peak 1964.
What it means
“girl”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1964
149,073 US babies were named Colleen between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Colleen (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1964)