Colette is a distinctive choice, ranked #1672 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Colette in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1672
US Rank #400
About the Name Colette
Colette is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 54 places over five years. Its high point was #479 in 1996, and it now sits at #1672. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Colette is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #400, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Colette
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Colette per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Colette in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Colette has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 54 places in the last five years. Its peak was #479 in 1996. Choosing it now means she is likely to be among the last of her generation with this name.
Colette is more popular in the US (#400) than in the UK (#1672). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Colette include: Colette Avital — Colette Avital is a Romanian-Israeli diplomat and politician.; Colette Mann — Colette Mann is an Australian actress, singer, TV and radio presenter, choreographer, writer and media personality, who has been in the entertainment industry...; Colette Fanara — Colette Fanara is a French former artistic gymnast..
Colette appears in the US top 500 at #400 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
18
UK babies named Colette (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 54 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Colette
Likely around 1 other Colette in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Colette
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Colette Avital is a Romanian-Israeli diplomat and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and One Israel between 1999 and 2009.
Colette Mann is an Australian actress, singer, TV and radio presenter, choreographer, writer and media personality, who has been in the entertainment industry for over 50 years. She is known for her roles in Prisoner as Doreen May Anderson Burns, and Neighbours as Sheila Canning.
Colette Janine Marchand was a French prima ballerina and actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1952 for her performance as Marie Charlet in Moulin Rouge, directed by John Huston.
Colette of Corbie, PCC was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares. She is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Colette Peignot was a French writer and poet. She is most known by the pseudonym Laure, but also wrote under the self-chosen name Claude Araxe, derived from a phase in Virgil's Aeneid.