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UK boy's name

Coll

Coll is a boy's name in the UK records.

We estimate that about 91 living people in the UK are called Coll. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Coll ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #703 in 2022.
  • About 91 living people in the UK are estimated to have Coll as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

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Estimated living

91

2026

Geography

Where Coll is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Coll. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.

Coll ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #703 in 2022.

Scotland
3

Across the UK

Coll in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#703 in 2022

22 years of NRS records, 92 total registered

Notable bearers

Famous people named Coll

  • Coll Macdonald

    teacher; classical philologist; translator

    classical philologist

    1924-1983

Related

Names similar to Coll

FAQ

Coll: questions and answers

Where is Coll most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Coll ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #703 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.