Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Kole

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Coal; dark one

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #595, 433 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1244, 160 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #11422, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #14942, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251605
2024170–
2023226–
20222166
20212726
2020267–
2019279–
20183018
20173105
20162936

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #857, 34 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1228, 23 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202523
202420
202310
202227
202129
202034
201916
201825
201721
201631

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #606, 4 births); most recent 2021 (rank #717, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
20204
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #280, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20253
20246
20235
20227
202112
202011
20198
20187
20173
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #348, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20234
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2002 (rank #300, 10 births); most recent 2020 (rank #598, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
20186
2017–
20165
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence