Boys' name · since 1913
Coburn
Coburn has 252 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1943 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,614 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,092 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
Coburn currently ranks #12092 among boys' names in America, with 252 babies recorded since 1913.
Social Security Administration records show Coburn recorded 252 times among boys since 1913, holding rank #12092 nationally today, ahead of 13% of boys, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #11,614 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,092 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 252 born since 1913
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Coburn ranks #11,614 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,092 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 252 born since 1913, peaking in the 1940s.
- #11,614 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,092 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1913
- 1940s
- peak decade
Coburn's 252 recorded births place it above 74.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Coburn compares
252 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Coburn's all-time total is 32% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Coburn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 252 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Coburn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Coburn splits its recorded history at 1949: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1943 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Coburn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (1943)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Coburn by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (45 births, 18% of the file).
1940s was Coburn's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Coburn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
42 births
- 1930s
1930s
21 births
- 1940s
1940s
45 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 45 births (18% of all-time use).
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What to do with Coburn's data
- Coburn's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Coburn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Coburn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.