Kole
Kole is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kole
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kole is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kole
Kole first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1969, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 433 births, good for #597 nationwide. About 35% of every Kole on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kole ranks #1,256 for baby boys with 159 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kole
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kole. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kole
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About the name Kole
Kole is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Kole's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #585. Use the chart and map above to compare Kole'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.