Kohl
Kohl is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200198 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1982
- 1,742people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,742 boys have been named Kohl in the United States since 1982, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 98 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 41%.
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Kohl was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Kohl
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Devionpeak 2001
- Jayquanpeak 2001
- Traveonpeak 2003
- Martaviouspeak 1998
- Kavonpeak 2000
- Akashpeak 2002
- Kejuanpeak 2003
- Bladepeak 2002
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.