girls:
656 births since 1979
#5060 (11th percentile)
boys:
39.9k births since 1891
#563 (88th percentile)
overall:
40.5k births since 1891
#1231 (84th percentile)
The name Corbin is the #1,231 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 40,516 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 84.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #563 (87.7% percentile) for all time with 39,860 births since 1891. For girls, it ranks #5,060 (11.4% percentile) for all time with 656 births since 1979.
Corbin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Corbin is available in 115 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (115 years for boys and 40 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Corbin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Corbin reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 78.1% percentile (ranked #199) with 941 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 941 births per million (ranked 78.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Corbin ranks #413 for boys (54.7% percentile) with 369 births per million, which is 39.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Corbin reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #818) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Corbin ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 48.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Corbin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Corbin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.6% confident that Corbin is pronounced as KOR-bihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOR-buhn, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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