Boys' name · since 1976
Korbin
Korbin has 9,334 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,261 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,173 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,334
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Korbin is the #1173 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 9,334 recorded since 1976.
Korbin has 9,334 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1173 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #1,261 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,173 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 9,334 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korbin ranks #1,261 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,173 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 9,334 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,261 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,173 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,334
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Korbin's 9,334 recorded births place it above 97.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Korbin compares
9,334 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Korbin's all-time total is 25x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Korbin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,334 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 545 | 34 | 22,252 |
Korbin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Korbin's full recorded timeline at 2005, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 545 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Korbin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 545
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Korbin popularity over time - girls
183 total births recorded since 1995 (Korbin as girls' name)
Korbin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (4,504 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Korbin's strongest decade.
4,504 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Korbin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 74
1980s
74 births
- 1990s 709
1990s
709 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,559 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,504 births
- 2020s 1,483
2020s
1,483 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 4,504 births (48% of all-time use).
How Korbin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Korbin's total volume
Korbin by state
Where Korbin concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,033 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 438 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 395 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Utah | | 348 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 343 | 3.7% |
| #6 | California | | 314 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 313 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 298 | 3.2% |
1,033 of 9,334 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Korbin appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Korbin's data
- Korbin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (4,504 total births); usage has since declined to 1,483 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Korbins (1,033 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Korbin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Korbin 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.