Kole
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 428 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,785since 1969
Kole over time
Rank among boys' names. Kole has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,244 | 160 |
| 2024 | — | #1,196 | 171 | |
| 2023 | — | #971 | 226 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,022 | 217 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #858 | 272 |
| 2020 | — | #853 | 267 | |
| 2019 | — | #815 | 279 | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #771 | 301 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #758 | 310 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #798 | 293 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #761 | 313 |
| 2014 | — | #795 | 288 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #722 | 323 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #714 | 331 |
| 2011 | — | #669 | 353 | |
| 2010 | — | #586 | 428 | |
| 2009 | — | #597 | 433 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #665 | 363 |
| 2007 | — | #635 | 382 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #654 | 352 |
| 2005 | — | #601 | 376 | |
| 2004 | — | #632 | 335 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #634 | 323 |
| 2002 | — | #612 | 327 | |
| 2001 | — | #646 | 289 | |
| 2000 | — | #686 | 258 | |
| 1999 | — | #668 | 255 | |
| 1998 | — | #749 | 215 | |
| 1997 | — | #743 | 202 | |
| 1996 | — | #882 | 155 | |
| 1995 | — | #857 | 160 | |
| 1994 | — | #935 | 138 | |
| 1993 | — | #965 | 124 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,068 | 105 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,382 | 67 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,516 | 56 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,154 | 32 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,768 | 39 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,698 | 36 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,581 | 38 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
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| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kole! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kole is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#345 · 1 in 1,437
- Idaho#349 · 1 in 1,342
- New Mexico#375 · 1 in 1,676
- Oklahoma#388 · 1 in 1,689
- Wisconsin#483 · 1 in 2,692
Best ever in a state: #140 in South Dakota, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #345 | 10 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Idaho | #349 | 6 | 1 in 1,342 |
| New Mexico | #375 | 5 | 1 in 1,676 |
| Oklahoma | #388 | 12 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Wisconsin | #483 | 10 | 1 in 2,692 |
| Kansas | #494 | 6 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Utah | #509 | 8 | 1 in 2,622 |
| Missouri | #580 | 9 | 1 in 3,512 |
| Illinois | #645 | 15 | 1 in 4,278 |
| Louisiana | #647 | 7 | 1 in 3,508 |
| Minnesota | #647 | 7 | 1 in 3,999 |
| Ohio | #655 | 13 | 1 in 4,563 |
| Washington | #667 | 9 | 1 in 4,115 |
| Indiana | #668 | 8 | 1 in 4,447 |
| North Carolina | #690 | 11 | 1 in 4,725 |
| Pennsylvania | #725 | 10 | 1 in 5,923 |
| Tennessee | #759 | 7 | 1 in 5,171 |
| Virginia | #773 | 7 | 1 in 5,945 |
| Michigan | #819 | 8 | 1 in 5,968 |
| Georgia | #841 | 9 | 1 in 5,975 |
| Florida | #867 | 14 | 1 in 6,995 |
| Arizona | #887 | 5 | 1 in 7,209 |
| Texas | #927 | 23 | 1 in 8,053 |
| New York | #1,052 | 11 | 1 in 9,091 |
| California | #1,278 | 15 | 1 in 14,912 |
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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.
See more about Kole
- 48 spots since 2024 (#1,196 → #1,244)
- 391 spots since 2020 (#853 → #1,244)
- 483 spots since 2015 (#761 → #1,244)
- Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1997 (#882 → #743)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 2024 (#971 → #1,196)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2010 at #586 (428 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1993–2021
- Highest: 1 in 4,483 boys born in 2010 were named Kole (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.1% of all boys named Kole (3,438) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 51 | #2,946 (1974) | #4,049 |
| 1980s | 282 | #1,581 (1984) | #2,305 |
| 1990s | 1,477 | #668 (1999) | #977 |
| 2000s | 3,438 | #597 (2009) | #636 |
| 2010s | 3,219 | #586 (2010) | #739 |
| 2020s | 1,313 | #853 (2020) | #1,024 |
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.
Kole in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 295,337 of them was named Kole, which outranked 24.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,876Zyair7
- #12,876Zyairah7
- #12,876Zyanah7
- #14,331Kole6
- #14,331Aafiya6
- #14,331Aailyah6
- #14,331Aalina6
- #16,215Aadriti5
- #16,215Aafiyah5
- #16,215Aaishah5
Tied with 1,883 names at #14,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 6,477 of them was named Kole, which outranked 94.4% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.