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Corbyn

Masculine · “raven”

Corbyn is given to both — 3,090 boys and 500 girls since 1880. See Corbyn as a girl nameSee other names given to both

1987high 2011
#2258 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare62 boys in 2025

Corbyn is a little crow — the Old French corbin, from the Latin corvus — and the surname was a byname for a dark-haired man.

How old is the name Corbyn?

Corbyn first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Corbyn alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 3,100 people named Corbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Corbyn most popular?

Corbyn peaked in 2011, reaching #1025 nationally. Today it ranks #2258, 1,233 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Corbyn

Corvus gives the crow, the constellation and the cormorant — literally the sea raven. Norman families brought Corbin to England as a byname for a dark-haired or dark-clothed man. Corbyn is a modern spelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

raven, crow

From the Old French corbin, a diminutive of corb, 'raven', from the Latin corvus. The Norman surname was a byname, probably for someone dark. The same root gives cormorant, corvus marinus, 'sea raven'. The etymology is documented.

How the name formed

  1. corvus
  2. corbin
  3. Corbyn

Related forms: Corbin · Corbin

Pronouncing Corbyn

KOR-bin

Two syllables, stress on the first. Corbyn and Corbin are said identically.

Nicknames for Corbyn

Moderate

CorbThe front clipping, used inside families rather than generally
CoreyA loose relation, and a name in its own right with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1987–20251869301866219872025

US babies named Corbyn per year from 1987 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#10251980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1987
Most boys named
2011186 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1025reached in 2011
Change vs 2024
−11.4%62 in 2025, from 70
Corbyn sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2011, with 186 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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 English — spelling variant
  • Corbin in French — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Indiana.

Corbyns among us

3,100

people named Corbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 27,550 born in 2025 was named Corbyn

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Corbyn

#2258
Corbyn on the 2025 chart
#340
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Corbyn went to 62 boys in 2025, but Corbin, Korbin and Korbyn are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 928, which makes it the 340th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,918 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 1,841 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,550 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

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Is it right for you

The Philippe 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: Philippe climbed just as high around 1964, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Philippe's path sketches the road Corbyn is walking now.

40%chance Corbyn will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Corbyn, aligned on its peakPhilippe· peak 1964not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+60 yrsPhilippe · #5777Corbyn today
Corbyn today is about where Philippe stood in 1978 — 14 years past a #1025-sized peak. By 1993, Philippe had settled around #2078.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

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

Where Corbyn is headed

19872030

US babies named Corbyn per year, 1987 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Corbyn is easing off slowly — about 21% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-21% by 2030projected around #2,767 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Corbyn beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Corbyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Corbynthis name62#2258Abdallah62#2258Damion62#2258Rustin62#2258Jackie62#2258

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the cormorant is literally a 'sea raven' is a first-rate etymology.
  • The raven meaning is concrete and striking.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Corbin is the commoner spelling.
  • A British political figure is a strong association for some.
  • It reads as a surname either way.

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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 3,100 people named Corbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Corbyn?
Corbyn is one of 4 recorded spellings. Corbin is the more common one — 586 births in 2025 against 62 for Corbyn.
How popular is the name Corbyn in 2025?
Corbyn ranks #2258 among US boy names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Corbyn?
About 1 in every 27,550 US boys born in 2025 was named Corbyn — 62 in all.
Will my child share the name Corbyn with classmates?
Corbyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Corbyn

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