Kolbe — #1944 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kolbe

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,743 babies named Kolbe between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kolbe currently holds the #1944 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kolbe performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 611 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kolbe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kolbe in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kolbe 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 1,743 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.