Kolbe
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #1,932 for boys in 2025, 80 births
- Given to boys 96.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 102 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,825since 1989
Kolbe over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kolbe 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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #1,932 | 80 |
| 2024 | — | #1,921 | 82 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,868 | 85 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,168 | 67 | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #2,225 | 63 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #2,292 | 59 |
| 2019 | — | #2,170 | 65 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,472 | 52 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 2016 | — | #2,437 | 52 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,055 | 69 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #2,205 | 61 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #2,492 | 49 |
| 2012 | — | #2,488 | 50 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #2,748 | 43 |
| 2010 | — | #2,212 | 59 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,717 | 45 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,281 | 57 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,932 | 38 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,960 | 35 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,208 | 52 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,611 | 78 |
| 2002 | — | #1,543 | 80 | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,287 | 102 |
| 2000 | — | #1,681 | 68 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,824 | 54 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,871 | 52 |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Kolbe! It came in at #5,615, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Kolbe is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Texas | #1,652 | 10 | 1 in 17,505 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 11 spots since 2024 (#1,921 → #1,932)
- 360 spots since 2020 (#2,292 → #1,932)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2001 at #1,287 (102 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 4 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 19,048
- Highest: 1 in 19,048 boys born in 2001 were named Kolbe (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,351 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 33.5% of all boys named Kolbe (611) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1980s | 8 | #5,615 (1989) | #5,615 |
| 1990s | 224 | #1,824 (1999) | #4,017 |
| 2000s | 611 | #1,287 (2001) | #2,154 |
| 2010s | 546 | #2,055 (2015) | #2,395 |
| 2020s | 436 | #1,868 (2023) | #2,068 |
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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