girls:
466 births since 1992
#5250 (8th percentile)
boys:
3k births since 1987
#2309 (50th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1987
#4677 (40th percentile)
The name Corbyn is the #4,677 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,422 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 39.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,309 (49.6% percentile) for all time with 2,956 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,250 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 466 births since 1992.
Corbyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Corbyn is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 30 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 Corbyn has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 76.4% of babies named Corbyn were boys.
For boys, Corbyn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 20.6% percentile (ranked #700) with 92 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 92 births per million (ranked 20.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Corbyn ranks #832 for boys (8.7% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 50.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Corbyn reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #923) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Corbyn ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 90.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Corbyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Corbyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Corbyn is pronounced as KOR-bihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOR-been, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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