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Baby name
Colin
Boy
Origin of the name
Colin is a medieval pet form of Nicholas.
Classic name
133,706births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 85rank at its peak, in 2004
Where babies named Colin are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Colin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Colin is most common in New Hampshire (2.5 times), Massachusetts (2) and Connecticut (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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