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Corbyn

#2,263 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Corbyn has been given to 3,590 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #2,263 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 186 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Corbyn, 2025

1 in 53,500

Corbyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Corbyn over time

In 2025, Corbyn went to 23% girls and 77% boys.

19872025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Corbyn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Corbyn means

Corbyn is a given name.

The naming story behind Corbyn

Wikidata records Corbyn as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q66460017, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,090 boys were recorded with the name Corbyn between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 186 in 2011; its best national rank was #1,025 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,475 in 2020 to #2,263 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,120 in 2015 to #2,263 in 2025.

In the United States, 500 girls were recorded with the name Corbyn between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 31 in 2017; its best national rank was #4,503 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,386 in 2020 to #6,374 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,698 in 2015 to #6,374 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Corbyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 53,500
62 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 27,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,263
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
37,064 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Corbyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 37,064 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Corbyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Corbyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Corbyn was born before 2012 — so the typical Corbyn is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,090
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 47.9% of all recorded uses (1,479).

Is Corbyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−142
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−788
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,143
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.3%
Peak was 2011 (186)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,025
2011

Spellings of Corbyn

Corbyn is not the most common spelling — Corey is, with 39.9% against Corbyn's 0.67%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Corbyn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Corbyn was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 17,453 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 7,143
  2. 2Indiana1 in 7,692
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 8,333
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 9,091
  5. 5Missouri1 in 10,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 10,000
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 12,500
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Corbyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Corbyn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,046,820 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Corbyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Corbyn around the world

Where Corbyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2008–2017
    #442
    in 2017
  • Northern Ireland
    2015–2017
    #415
    in 2017
  • Canada
    1991–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1994–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Corbyn

People whose public names include Corbyn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Corbyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,263
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 788
Best rank ever
#1,025
2011
Peak year
2011
186 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,090
Count in 2025
62

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,374
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 12
Best rank ever
#4,503
2017
Peak year
2017
31 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
500
Count in 2025
18

Names similar to Corbyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CorbanCormacCorwinCorbenCortneyCorrieCorbettCortezCorderoCorvinKorbynCorbyCordaeCortlandCorinCortCordellCordCornellCornelioCornelCorreyCorryCorde

Names with a curve like Corbyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Corbyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KyranKarsenBrightonChevyOskarBraylinCanonAbdirahmanArmaanZakariaYoussefCarsen

Sibling names for Corbyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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