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Corbin

Pronounced K AO1 R B IH0 N (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2014
  • 134 years in use
  • 3 spellings
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How popular is Corbin?

Corbin is a boys' name, and first appears in 1891. It has been given to 56,098 children — the 442nd most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 2,828 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Korbin, Korbyn and Corbyn — because they are pronounced identically.

01,2502,5003,7505,0001920195019802010
20142,828

Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Corbin and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Korbin
  • Korbyn
  • Corbyn

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
K AO1 R B IH0 N · K AO1 R B IH1 N
Stress pattern:
10 · 11
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Corbin

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Corbin

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Corbin?
Corbin ranks 442nd among boys' names in US records, with 56,098 births since 1891. Over the past decade it accounts for 17,402.
Is Corbin a unisex name?
No. Corbin is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Corbin most popular?
2014, when 2,828 children were given the name. It has been in use for 134 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Corbin spelled?
Korbin, Korbyn, Corbyn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.