# Kole (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kole/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,855 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,785 / 70 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 441, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The surname is an anglicization of German Kohl. The given name is a modern spelling variant of Cole.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 17,146 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,733 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,533 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,995 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,652 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,529 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,359 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,253 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,998 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,438 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,526 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,203 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 353 | 669 |
| 2012 | 331 | 715 |
| 2013 | 323 | 724 |
| 2014 | 288 | 799 |
| 2015 | 313 | 762 |
| 2016 | 293 | 798 |
| 2017 | 310 | 759 |
| 2018 | 301 | 771 |
| 2019 | 279 | 816 |
| 2020 | 267 | 855 |
| 2021 | 272 | 859 |
| 2022 | 217 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 226 | 971 |
| 2024 | 171 | 1,200 |
| 2025 | 160 | 1,247 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,004 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Kole

- Kolë Idromeno, Albanian painter, sculptor, photographer, architect and engineer (1860-1939)
- Kolë Berisha, Albanian politician (1947-2021)
- Kole Calhoun, baseball player

## 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.