Kole
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Kole is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “coal-black, swarthy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 1,244th for boys in the US (160 babies).
What does Kole mean?
English: spelling of Cole, an English surname
“coal-black, swarthy”
A respelling of Cole, an English surname probably from an Old English byname referring to dark colouring.
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Is Kole a girl's or a boy's name?
Kole is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 160 boys in the US.
How popular is Kole in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Kole, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 778th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 45 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kole in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 397 boys in the UK were given Kole or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #162, up from #1,192 for this spelling alone.
- Cole 371
- Kole 26
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Kole in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,177 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 41 | #858 |
| 2020 | 45 | #778 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,002 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 38 | #902 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 36 | #905 |
| 2013 | 37 | #888 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,014 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Kole in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,244among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 160about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 160 boys in the US were named Kole, making it the 1,244th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 853rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 433 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969. 5 girls were also named Kole in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Kole than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Kole in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,217 boys in the US were given Kole or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #183, up from #1,244 for this spelling alone.
Kole in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | #1,244 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,196 |
| 2023 | 226 | #971 |
| 2022 | 217 | #1,022 |
| 2021 | 272 | #858 |
| 2020 | 267 | #853 |
| 2019 | 279 | #815 |
| 2018 | 301 | #771 |
| 2017 | 310 | #758 |
| 2016 | 293 | #798 |
| 2015 | 313 | #761 |
| 2014 | 288 | #795 |
| 2013 | 323 | #722 |
| 2012 | 331 | #714 |
| 2011 | 353 | #669 |
| 2010 | 428 | #586 |
| 2009 | 433 | #597 |
| 2008 | 363 | #665 |
| 2007 | 382 | #635 |
| 2006 | 352 | #654 |
| 2005 | 376 | #601 |
| 2004 | 335 | #632 |
| 2003 | 323 | #634 |
| 2002 | 327 | #612 |
| 2001 | 289 | #646 |
| 2000 | 258 | #685 |
| 1999 | 255 | #666 |
| 1998 | 215 | #748 |
| 1997 | 202 | #741 |
| 1996 | 155 | #880 |
| 1995 | 160 | #854 |
| 1994 | 138 | #932 |
| 1993 | 124 | #962 |
| 1992 | 105 | #1,065 |
| 1991 | 67 | #1,376 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
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