# Corbin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/corbin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “crow”, “raven” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Corbyn |
| US babies named this | 41,777 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 41,112 / 665 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 443, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).

## What it means

Corbin is grouped under bird.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 9,362 |
| 2011 | 15 | 7,884 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,847 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,588 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,787 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,084 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,705 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,493 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,439 |
| 2020 | 16 | 6,995 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,462 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,360 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,003 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,271 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,713 | 207 |
| 2012 | 1,618 | 222 |
| 2013 | 1,707 | 217 |
| 2014 | 1,930 | 203 |
| 2015 | 1,768 | 221 |
| 2016 | 1,605 | 237 |
| 2017 | 1,422 | 258 |
| 2018 | 1,265 | 278 |
| 2019 | 1,181 | 291 |
| 2020 | 919 | 347 |
| 2021 | 891 | 365 |
| 2022 | 723 | 429 |
| 2023 | 678 | 455 |
| 2024 | 651 | 474 |
| 2025 | 586 | 512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 26 | 952 |
| 2008 | 42 | 699 |
| 2009 | 27 | 972 |
| 2010 | 18 | 1,344 |
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Corbin

- Corbin Bleu, American actor (born 1989)
- Corbin Bernsen, American actor and director
- Corbin Allred, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.