Corbett
Corbett is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 395th, in 1892.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197154 births
- Best rank
- #395in 1892
- Since 1892
- 2,423people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,423 boys have been named Corbett in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 54 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 54 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1970s alone account for 16%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Corbett | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 106 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 126 | |
| 1920s | 239 | |
| 1930s | 139 | |
| 1940s | 181 | |
| 1950s | 155 | |
| 1960s | 214 | |
| 1970s | 392 | |
| 1980s | 207 | |
| 1990s | 230 | |
| 2000s | 177 | |
| 2010s | 180 | |
| 2020s | 66 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Corbett was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1971 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Corbett
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Frenchpeak 1915
- Roswellpeak 1919
- Sonniepeak 2023
- Talmagepeak 1922
- Dowpeak 1962
- Spurgeonpeak 1918
- Carlislepeak 2012
- Simmiepeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.