Kole Boy
How popular is Kole?
#1,244 boy name in 2025
160 baby boys were named Kole in the US in 2025, making it the 1244th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Kole popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,244 for boys (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 160 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #761 in 2015, #853 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (433 boys) |
| Highest rank | #586 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kole 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.
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 Kole is most popular
Babies named Kole per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (9 boys)
- Iowa: 0.3 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Indiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (49 boys)
Kole by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1970s | 51 | #2,944 |
| 1980s | 282 | #1,580 |
| 1990s | 1,477 | #666 |
| 2000s | 3,438 | #597 |
| 2010s | 3,219 | #586 |
| 2020s | 1,313 | #853 |
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Questions
- Is Kole a boy or girl name?
- Kole is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Kole were boys.
- How popular is the name Kole?
- 160 baby boys were named Kole in the US in 2025, making it the 1244th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Kole most popular?
- Kole peaked in 2009, when 433 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #586 in 2010.
- How many people are named Kole?
- 9,855 babies have been named Kole in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,715 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Kole most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kole was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 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.