Given name & surname
Collier
“a coal miner”
Collier is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a coal miner.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a coal miner.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Collier through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,174
- 1,870 boys · 304 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 65
- #3,045 for boys · #5,128 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 67% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 40 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,045 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 61 in 2013. It also appeared in 25 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Alabama had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,534 as a first name in 2020; 54,282 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Collier’s family of names
Collier has a related form in Collis. Collier has a related form in Colier. Collier has a related form in Colis.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Collier
- P. J. BrownAmerican basketball player (born 1969)
- Collier CudmoreAustralian politician and rower (1885-1971)
- Collier SchorrAmerican photographer (born 1963)
- Collier Youngfilm producer1908–1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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