Corbyn
Feminine · “raven”
Corbyn is given to both — 500 girls and 3,090 boys since 1880. See Corbyn as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Norman England gave a great many families their surnames by looking at them and saying an animal. Corbin is the raven, from Old French corbin, a little crow, and it began as a nickname for someone dark-haired or dark-tempered rather than as a compliment.
How old is the name Corbyn?
Corbyn first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Corbyn is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Corbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Corbyn most popular?
Corbyn peaked in 2017, reaching #4477 nationally. Today it ranks #6325, 1,848 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From corvus to Corbyn
The story of Corbyn
Corbin came to England with the Normans as a byname and settled as a surname across the west of England, and it also appears in Arthurian romance as the castle of the Fisher King, which is why it recurs in later literature. Its use as an American given name is recent and belongs to the general movement of surnames into first names; the y spelling followed the i one, as it usually does, and is used more often for girls, because y is one of the standard American markers for a girls' version of a surname name. Corbyn's best year on the female side is 2017, and the name remains much more common on boys.
Meaning
raven, little crow
From Old French corbin or corbeau, a crow or raven, a diminutive of Latin corvus. As a Norman byname it described coloring or disposition. The same habit gave English the surnames Agnew, from the lamb, and Mallard, from the wild drake; the animal surnames of medieval England are almost all observations rather than honors. The -yn ending in this spelling is a modern English substitution for -in.
How the name formed
- corvus
- corbin
- Corbin
- Corbyn
Related forms: Corbin · Corbin · Corbeau
Pronouncing Corbyn
KOR-bin
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the second reduced. The y makes no difference to the sound; Corbin and Corbyn are identical aloud.
Nicknames for Corbyn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1992
- Most girls named
- 201731 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4477reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +20.0%18 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Corbyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Corbin in French — same name
- Corbin in English — spelling variant
- Corbeau in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Corbyns among us
people named Corbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 89,293 born in 2025 was named Corbyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Corbyn
- #6325
- Corbyn on the 2025 chart
- #893
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Corbyn went to 18 girls in 2025, but Korbyn, Korbin and Corbin are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 67, which makes it the 893rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 5,432 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 89,293 for Corbyn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Emmanuela test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Corbyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Emmanuela climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Emmanuela's path sketches the road Corbyn is walking now.
Corbyn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Corbyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Corbyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Norman byname with a concrete meaning behind it.
- The raven is a strong, specific image that needs no explaining.
- Cory is available as a warmer everyday form.
- Corbin is the standard spelling and is much more common on boys.
- In Britain the surname carries a well-known political association.
- The y is the only thing marking this as a girl's version, and it is easy to miss.
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Frequently asked
- How many Corbyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Corbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Corbyn?
- Corbyn is one of 4 recorded spellings. Korbyn is the more common one — 30 births in 2025 against 18 for Corbyn.
- How popular is the name Corbyn in 2025?
- Corbyn ranks #6325 among US girl names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Corbyn?
- About 1 in every 89,293 US girls born in 2025 was named Corbyn — 18 in all.
- Will my child share the name Corbyn with classmates?
- Corbyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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