Colette

What Colette means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Colette yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #316 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Colette?

US: Rising: up from #525 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1865 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 962 girls got the name (#316 that year). First in the US records in 1892.

How common

• About 1 in 1,671 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,513 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.59 per 1,000 girls), NH (1.84 per 1,000 girls), MN (1.63 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Colette is #316 in the US and #1407 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Colette were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Collette82 US · 3 E&W
• Kolette18 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Colette

Girls

• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Noelle#202Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #202 vs #705 in 2025
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*

For a brother

• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*
• Marcel#730Editor’s note Up from #771 in 2015 to #730 in 2025 in the US
• Lewis#433Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Julien#709Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #709 vs #3,256 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Colette’s. Rank is US 2025.