Kole

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 313 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
313
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1226
23 babies

How Kole has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2023. Lower is more popular.
#679#869#1058201520192023#978

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YearUS rank
2015#762
2016#797
2017#759
2018#771
2019#817
2020#852
2021#861
2023#978

Kole by the numbers

In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Kole. In the US, 313 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 433 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kole

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kole. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kylenarrow strait or channel1,869 in the US (2017)
  • Kalethe sea, ocean61 in the US (2017)
  • Kolbedark settlement; a modern respelling of Colby53 in the US (2017)
  • Kolvoice25 in the US (2017)
  • Kobe112 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kolt151 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kole

Names that are said the same way as Kole, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
  • Kohleye cosmetic; antimony powder26 in the US (2017)
  • Khol9 in the US (2017)
  • Coyle5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kole

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