Kohl — #7910 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kohl

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,742 babies named Kohl between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kohl currently holds the #7910 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kohl performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 721 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kohl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 81 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Kohl in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kohl 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 1,742 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.