Given name
Collene
“a young peasant girl”
Collene is a variant of Colleen. One interpretation is “a young peasant girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Collene is a variant of Colleen. One interpretation is “a young peasant girl.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Collene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,009
- 0 boys · 1,009 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 790 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Collene’s family of names
Collene has a related form in Colleen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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