How Many People Are Named Kolbe?
people named Kolbe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 182,968 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,892 babies named Kolbe in Social Security records from 1989 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
110 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kolbe, 3.6% were girls and 96.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 2.2% of the babies were girls then and 4.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kolbe alive today is about 14 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kolbe first appears in the records in 1989 and was given most often in 2001, to 110 babies. In 2025, 89 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1989 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kolbe has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,292, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #1,939.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,939 |
| Best rank | #1,292 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,050 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kolbe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kolbe were born in Texas than in any other state: about 137 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kolbe was given about 3.6 times as often in Texas.
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