Boys' name · since 2000
Kol
460 babies named Kol in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,285 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,348 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
460 babies have been named Kol since 2000, making it today's #4348 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kol recorded 460 times among boys since 2000, holding rank #4348 nationally today, ahead of 69% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #8,285 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,348 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 460 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kol ranks #8,285 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,348 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 460 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,285 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,348 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 460
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kol's 460 recorded births place it above 81.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kol compares
460 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Kol's all-time total is 25% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kol | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 460 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kol splits its recorded history at 2014: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kol by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (223 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Kol's strongest decade.
223 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 66
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
171 births
- 2020s
2020s
223 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 223 births (48% of all-time use).
Kol by state
Where Kol concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
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What to do with Kol's data
- Texas records the most Kols (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Kol 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.