Corbin
Corbin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Corbin Allred, American actor Corbin Bernsen, American actor Corbin Bleu, American actor, with Jamaican and Italian descent Corbin Burnes, American professional baseball player Corbin Carroll, Taiwanese-American professional baseball player Corbin Harney (1920–2007), elder and spiritual leader of the Newe people Corbin…
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Meaning & Origin of Corbin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Corbin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Corbin Allred, American actor Corbin Bernsen, American actor Corbin Bleu, American actor, with Jamaican and Italian descent Corbin Burnes, American professional baseball player Corbin Carroll, Taiwanese-American professional baseball player Corbin Harney (1920–2007), elder and spiritual leader of the Newe people Corbin…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Corbin
Corbin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1891, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 1,930 births, good for #203 nationwide. About 37% of every Corbin on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Corbin ranks #527 for baby boys with 564 births, falling sharply (-43%). All told, over 42K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Corbin
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About the name Corbin
Corbin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 42K births in the dataset. Corbin's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #203. Use the chart and map above to compare Corbin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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