How rare is the name Kole?

7,923 people in the United States have the first name Kole, about 1 in 38,121. It ranks #2,887 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KOLE

#2,887

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,923
About
1 in 38,121
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,923 people named Kole, 82.8% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as two or more races and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kole peaked in 2009, when 433 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
433
In 2025*
165 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,855 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kole by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,391. The largest share of babies named Kole, 53.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#11,84351
1980s#5,046282
1990s#2,0871,477
2000s#1,3913,454
2010s#1,5773,256
2020s#2,0821,330
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–9610.9%
Generation Z 1997–1253.2%
2013 and later35.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kole is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kole has been most common in Utah (3.7×), Idaho (2.5×), and Iowa (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.19×).

7,643 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kole

#2,885 Viktor · 7,931#2,886 Keyla · 7,927#2,888 Kerrie · 7,918#2,889 Giana · 7,912

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kole, most common first.

#24,274 Kol · 398#28,490 Kola · 315#48,183 Kohle · 133#50,139 Koley · 121

Also a last name

As a last name, Kole ranks #19,539 of 156,621, with 1,383 people. See Kole as a last name

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