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Corbett

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Corbett is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “little crow”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Corbett mean?

French: English surname of Norman French origin

“little crow”

A Norman nickname surname from Old French corbet, 'little crow', perhaps for someone with dark hair.

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Is Corbett a girl's or a boy's name?

Corbett is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Corbett in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Corbett, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892.

Half of all the boys named Corbett in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

1892Busiest: 54 in 19712025
Corbett in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
20249#8,307
202315#5,922
20228#8,983
202118#5,105
202016#5,447
201923#4,333
201817#5,316
201716#5,522
201615#5,785
201520#4,709
201420#4,698
201318#4,978
201225#4,000
201116#5,429
201010#7,585
200911#7,231
200820#4,710
200712#6,618
200619#4,671
200512#6,220
200422#4,000
200322#3,833
200221#3,904
200117#4,470
200021#3,758
199917#4,157
199830#2,708
199723#3,155
199622#3,197
199524#2,918
199421#3,209
199322#3,036
199220#3,213
199121#2,983
199030#2,303
198930#2,239
198822#2,594
198726#2,211
198625#2,224
198517#2,825
198417#2,705
198312#3,410
198213#3,281
198127#1,995
198018#2,616
197925#2,048
197836#1,570
197740#1,450
197633#1,607
197536#1,478
197437#1,409
197342#1,268
197244#1,249
197154#1,109
197045#1,238
196934#1,376
196818#1,893
196728#1,448
196622#1,649
196528#1,455
196413#2,309
196325#1,584
196212#2,363
196119#1,875
196015#2,120
195912#2,413
195818#1,895
195718#1,886
195612#2,359
195513#2,218
195414#2,113
195317#1,899
195220#1,700
195116#1,903
195015#1,940
194924#1,500
194824#1,486
194715#1,987
194620#1,600
194513#1,925
194419#1,573
194318#1,698
194219#1,629
194114#1,903
194015#1,802
19390–
193821#1,476
193717#1,688
193623#1,384
19359#2,529
193414#1,932
193314#1,905
193211#2,313
193115#1,927
193015#1,964
192915#2,002
192824#1,522
192719#1,796
192622#1,605
192531#1,304
192425#1,532
192329#1,358
192225#1,503
192117#1,979
192032#1,273
191928#1,351
191813#2,259
19178#2,955
191618#1,697
191515#1,877
191416#1,544
191310#1,802
19127#2,044
191111#1,037
19100–
19090–
19080–
19075#1,344
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19006#1,161
18995#1,050
18988#803
189714#556
189610#722
189511#640
189420#419
189315#479
189223#394

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