Kohl Boy
How popular is Kohl?
#5,397 boy name in 2025
17 baby boys were named Kohl in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
Kohl popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,397 for boys (▲ 2363 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,298 in 2015, #5,695 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (98 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,323 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kohl counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cole family of names ranked #179 for boys in 2025 (#163 the year before), with 2,204 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kohl is most popular
Babies named Kohl per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Kohl by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kohl
Questions
- Is Kohl a boy or girl name?
- Kohl is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kohl were boys.
- How popular is the name Kohl?
- 17 baby boys were named Kohl in the US in 2025, making it the 5397th most popular boy name.
- When was Kohl most popular?
- Kohl peaked in 2001, when 98 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,323 in 2001.
- How many people are named Kohl?
- 1,759 babies have been named Kohl in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,725 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Kohl most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kohl was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.