Kole

Boy name

Kole has been given to 9,855 babies in the U.S. since 1969. It peaked in 2009.

Meaning & origin

The surname is an anglicization of German Kohl. The given name is a modern spelling variant of Cole.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

9,855

Peak year

2009 (433 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1969

10-year trend

▼ -48%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Kole.

9,926 babies since 1959

9,768 babies since 1971

9,656 babies since 1913

10,101 babies since 1982

9,517 babies since 1976

9,459 babies since 1971

9,383 babies since 1947

10,337 babies since 1916

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