Kohl
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 98 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,759since 1982
Kohl over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kohl has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #3,794 | 28 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #3,889 | 27 |
| 2016 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 34 |
| 2014 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2013 | #3,265 | 33 |
| 2012 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #2,730 | 44 |
| 2009 | #2,252 | 58 |
| 2008 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2007 | #2,117 | 64 |
| 2006 | #2,375 | 52 |
| 2005 | #2,237 | 53 |
| 2004 | #1,857 | 66 |
| 2003 | #1,420 | 93 |
| 2002 | #1,372 | 96 |
| 2001 | #1,327 | 98 |
| 2000 | #1,429 | 86 |
| 1999 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1998 | #1,546 | 69 |
| 1997 | #1,657 | 60 |
| 1996 | #1,671 | 57 |
| 1995 | #1,559 | 60 |
| 1994 | #1,454 | 66 |
| 1993 | #1,662 | 53 |
| 1992 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #2,019 | 37 |
| 1990 | #2,255 | 31 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Kohl! It came in at #4,234, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1983, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.
Where Kohl is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kohl in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kohl
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 300 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,399)
- 2,100 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2001 at #1,327 (98 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,825
- Highest: 1 in 19,825 boys born in 2001 were named Kohl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 41.0% of all boys named Kohl (721) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94 | #3,070 (1985) | #3,808 |
| 1990s | 545 | #1,454 (1994) | #1,736 |
| 2000s | 721 | #1,327 (2001) | #1,873 |
| 2010s | 302 | #2,730 (2010) | #3,674 |
| 2020s | 97 | #4,247 (2021) | #5,775 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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