Corbin
A masculine Celtic name meaning "little raven" or "the raven's dwelling".
Name Census estimates that about 40,102 living Americans carry the first name Corbin. It sits at #473 in the overall ranking, outside the top 50 but still well-represented. It is a predominantly male name (98.4% of registrations). The average person named Corbin today is around 19 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Corbin births was 2014 (1,943 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Corbin. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Corbin with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Although Corbin is used almost entirely for boys, the SSA data does show 656 girls registered with the name since 1880.
People living today
40K
~ 1 in 8,547 Americans
Peak year
2014
1,943 babies that year
Average age
19
years old
2024 SSA rank
#473
Tracked since 1891
Census
Corbin in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 33,963 people with the first name Corbin, which placed it at #1,162 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#1,162
National first-name rank
People counted
34K
33,963 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
11.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
82.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Corbin
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Corbin is White at 82.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (5.9%) and Two or More Races (5.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Corbin described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Corbin at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White82.8% · 28,108
- Hispanic or Latino5.9% · 1,987
- Two or more races5.8% · 1,966
- Black or African American4.0% · 1,350
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.0% · 341
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.6% · 211
Gender
Gender distribution for Corbin
Corbin leans heavily male at 98.4% of total registrations, but 656 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Corbin as a male name
- Ranked #473 in 2024
- 646 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2014 (1,930 births)
Corbin as a female name
- Ranked #6,994 in 2023
- 16 female births in 2023
- Peak: 1995 (36 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Corbin leans strongly male. 33,342 people counted with this name were male (98.2%), compared with 622 female bearers (1.8%).
Popularity
Corbin: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Corbin from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 14 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 15,725 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Corbin by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Corbin during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Corbins live
The SSA's state-level files cover 48 states and territories. Texas, California, Ohio recorded the most babies named Corbin, while Hawaii, Vermont, Connecticut recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 787 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Corbin
The name Corbin has its origins in the Old French word "corbeau," which means "raven" or "crow." This name is believed to have originated in the region of Normandy, France, during the Middle Ages, around the 11th or 12th century.
In medieval times, surnames were often derived from occupations, physical characteristics, or location names. The name Corbin likely referred to someone who lived near a place frequented by ravens or crows, or someone who had a physical resemblance to these birds.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Corbin can be found in the Domesday Book, a survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. The name appears in various spellings, such as "Corbinus" and "Corbin."
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals with the first name Corbin. One of the earliest was Corbin of Avalon, a legendary figure from Arthurian literature who was said to be a hermit and the keeper of the Holy Grail in the 12th century.
Another notable figure was Corbin Trevenen, an English politician who served as Sheriff of Cornwall in the late 14th century. In the 15th century, Corbin Blount was a notable English knight who fought in the Wars of the Roses.
During the 16th century, Corbin Cressenden was an English Protestant martyr who was burned at the stake for his religious beliefs in 1557. In the 17th century, Corbin Oliphant was a Scottish merchant and landowner who played a significant role in the Scottish Reformation.
Moving forward to the 18th century, Corbin Gwinnett was one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, representing the state of Georgia. He was born in 1735 and died in 1777.
While the name Corbin has its roots in medieval France, it has been used across various cultures and time periods, with notable individuals bearing this name throughout history.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Corbin
People
Corbin + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Corbin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Corbin: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Corbin?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 40,102 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Corbin going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 8,547 US residents.
Is Corbin a common name?
We classify Corbin as "Uncommon". It ranks above 99% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 41,176 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Corbin most popular?
The single biggest year for Corbin was 2014, when 1,943 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Corbin is about 19 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Corbin in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 33,963 people with the name Corbin, or 11.24 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #1,162 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Corbin in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Corbin?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Corbin leans strongly male. 33,342 people counted with this name were male (98.2%), compared with 622 female bearers (1.8%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Corbin?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Corbin is White at 82.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (5.9%) and Two or More Races (5.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Corbin most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Corbin in the 2020 Census, accounting for 82.8% (28,108 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Corbin in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Corbin a male name?
Yes, 98.4% of people registered as Corbin in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Corbin still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Corbin in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Corbin can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Corbin?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many Americans are named Corbin at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.