boys:
1.9k births since 1955
#2864 (38th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1955
#5854 (24th percentile)
The name Kolin is the #5,854 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,909 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 24.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,864 (37.5% percentile) for all time with 1,909 births since 1955.
Kolin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (first recorded for boys in 1955). Birth data for Kolin is available in 59 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Kolin reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #751) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 38 births per million (ranked 9.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kolin ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 13.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kolin".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kolin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Kolin is pronounced as KOH-lihn, which has 2 syllables.
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