Recorded 1913–2019 Boys' name Peak 1974 333 births

Corbet — boys' name

333 babies named Corbet in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s491920s751930s471940s421960s351970s471980s71990s212010s10
1920s
Peak decade

23% of everyone ever named Corbet was born in this single decade.

1974
Single peak year

13 babies were named Corbet in 1974 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Corbet

The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Corbet between 1913 and 2019, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Corbet currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Corbet performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Corbet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Corbet in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Corbet in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 333 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Corbet at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

333

Since 1913

107 years of records

Peak year

1974

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1913

Recorded for 107 years

Last year on file: 2019

Corbet popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1913

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1974)
13
Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
468101214 201919871969194619371928192119151913 6

Corbet by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
75 births that decade — 23% of Corbet's all-time total
1910s491920s751930s471940s421960s351970s471980s71990s212010s10

Corbet by state

Where Corbet concentrates geographically — total births since 1913

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Corbet
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Kentucky
5 1.5%
Kentucky share of Corbet's total US births 1.5%

5 of 333 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Corbet?
333 babies have been named Corbet since 1913. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1974 with 13 births.
When was Corbet most popular?
Corbet was most popular in the 1920s decade with 75 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
Where is Corbet most popular?
The top states for the name Corbet are Kentucky (5 births).
How long has the name Corbet been used?
Corbet has been recorded in Social Security data since 1913, spanning 107 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Corbet?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Corey, Cory, Corbin, Cornelius, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.