Korben — #2764 US boys' name
2,242 babies named Korben in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Korben was born in this single decade.
129 babies were named Korben in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Korben
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,242 babies named Korben between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Korben currently holds the #2764 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 129 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Korben performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Korben shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 254 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Korben in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Korben 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 2,242 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.
Korben at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Korben popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2013)
- 129
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #2764 among boys.
2,242 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 129 births in a single year.
Korben by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,126 births that decade — 50% of Korben's all-time total
Korben decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,126 births
- Runner-up 661 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Korben's strongest decade
1,126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Korben by state
Where Korben concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 254 | 11.3% |
| #2 | California | | 96 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 68 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 63 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 62 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Washington | | 42 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 30 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Utah | | 25 | 1.1% |
254 of 2,242 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.3% of nationwide
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
- Indiana 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Korben appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1989–2024 (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.