Kol Boy

How popular is Kol?

#4,248 boy name in 2025

24 baby boys were named Kol in the US in 2025, making it the 4248th most popular boy name.

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457living people named Kol (est.)
7median age of people named Kol
460babies named Kol since 1880
1 in 138,139US babies born in 2025

Kol popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#4,248 for boys (▼ 915 from 2024)
Babies in 202524 boys
10-year trendSteady (-4% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#4,078 in 2015, #2,805 in 2020
Peak year2021 (50 boys)
Highest rank#2,587 in 2021
First recorded2000
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)100% boys, 0% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Kol counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cole family of names ranked #179 for boys in 2025 (#163 the year before), with 2,204 babies in all.

SpellingBoys in 2025Share
Cole 2,003 91%
Kole 160 7%
Kol 24 1%
Kohl 17 1%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Kol is most popular

Babies named Kol per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
  2. New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
  3. Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)

Kol by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
2000s66#6,132
2010s171#3,887
2020s223#2,587

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Questions

Is Kol a boy or girl name?
Kol is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kol were boys.
How popular is the name Kol?
24 baby boys were named Kol in the US in 2025, making it the 4248th most popular boy name.
When was Kol most popular?
Kol peaked in 2021, when 50 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,587 in 2021.
How many people are named Kol?
460 babies have been named Kol in the US since 1880. We estimate about 457 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
Where is Kol most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Kol was most common in Indiana, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.