Kol
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Kol is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
Where does Kol come from?
Perhaps a short form of Kolton or Nikolai, or Hebrew kol 'voice'
Is Kol a girl's or a boy's name?
Kol is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kol in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 boys.
Kol in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
How popular is Kol in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Kol, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Kol than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Kol in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,217 boys in the US were given Kol or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #183, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
Kol in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,587 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
Names like Kol
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Kayden, Ronan, Rowan, Finley, Lochlan, Brody, Kian, Cillian, Flynn, Callan, Cassian
Other spellings of Kol
Names related to Kol
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kol: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kol, updated 20 October 2026.