Boys' name · peaked in 2014
Corbin name popularity since 1925
41,553 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Corbin (1.6% girls, 98.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Corbin is about 17 years old in 2026. Corbin peaked in 2014 as the #203 name for boys, and it ranked #512 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 41,553
- Named Corbin, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #512
- for boys in 2025 (586 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.4% boys
- 665 girls · 40,888 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Corbin made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Corbin births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Corbin both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1987 and 1992, Corbin became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 7,980 baby boys to 1 in 3,420.
- Steepest fall: Between 2017 and 2022, its share of baby boys fell by 46%, from 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 2,410.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Corbin's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Corbin.
Decade by decade
Babies named Corbin in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 59 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 109 | #2,054 |
| 1940s | 0 | 132 | #2,427 |
| 1950s | 0 | 182 | #1,691 |
| 1960s | 0 | 294 | #1,567 |
| 1970s | 5 | 648 | #1,010 |
| 1980s | 53 | 1,569 | #1,307 |
| 1990s | 227 | 6,226 | #412 |
| 2000s | 150 | 11,651 | #309 |
| 2010s | 156 | 15,570 | #221 |
| 2020–25 | 74 | 4,448 | #512 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.7% of babies named Corbin from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Corbin is most popular
The index compares Corbin's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Corbin.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.10× | 1,355 |
| Idaho | 2.82× | 435 |
| Kansas | 2.34× | 927 |
| Oklahoma | 2.11× | 1,068 |
| Indiana | 1.99× | 1,828 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Corbin and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Corbin (this page) | 40,888 | 2014 |
| Korbin | 9,334 | 2014 |
| Corban | 3,586 | 2013 |
| Corbyn | 3,090 | 2011 |
| Corben | 1,646 | 2013 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Corbin's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Corbin.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Corbin (2014).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data