Korbyn
Masculine · “raven”
Korbyn is given to both — 3,504 boys and 778 girls since 1880. See Korbyn as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Korbyn respells Corbin, and the Norman French behind it is a raven — corbeau, given as a byname to a man with black hair.
How old is the name Korbyn?
Korbyn first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Korbyn is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,500 people named Korbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Korbyn most popular?
Korbyn peaked in 2020, reaching #982 nationally. Today it ranks #1621, 639 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
Where it comes from
From corvus to Korbyn
The story of Korbyn
Corbin was a Norman surname that reached England and then America. In the Arthurian romances, Corbenic is the castle of the Grail. The given-name use rose sharply in America from the 2000s, and the K and -yn respellings followed the wider fashion. Korbyn appears in the registers from that decade and is in current use.
Meaning
raven, crow
From the Old French corbin, a diminutive of corb, 'raven', from the Latin corvus. It was a descriptive byname for dark hair or coloring. The word is ordinary and the meaning undisputed. Corbin is also a place name in France, from the same root.
How the name formed
- corvus
- corbin
- Corbin
- Korbyn
Related forms: Corbin · Corbin · Korbin
Pronouncing Korbyn
KOR-bin
Two syllables, stress on the first. Korbyn, Korbin and Corbin are said identically.
Nicknames for Korbyn
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
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 2020217 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #982reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +3.0%104 in 2025, from 101
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.
Korbyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Corbin in English — spelling variant
- Corbin in French — related form
- Korbin in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Alabama.
Korbyns among us
people named Korbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 16,424 born in 2025 was named Korbyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Korbyn
- #1621
- Korbyn on the 2025 chart
- #340
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Korbyn went to 104 boys in 2025, but Corbin, Korbin and Corbyn 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 — 1,281 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 1,841 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 16,424 for Korbyn 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 Jerrel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Korbyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jerrel climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jerrel's path sketches the road Korbyn is walking now.
Korbyn 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 Korbyn is headed
Korbyn is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Korbyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Korbyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The raven meaning is concrete, vivid and undisputed.
- The Grail castle of Corbenic gives it an Arthurian connection.
- Two firm syllables that carry well against any surname.
- Corbin is the standard spelling and will be assumed.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in use.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Korbyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Korbyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Korbyn?
- Korbyn is one of 4 recorded spellings. Corbin is the more common one — 586 births in 2025 against 104 for Korbyn.
- How popular is the name Korbyn in 2025?
- Korbyn ranks #1621 among US boy names in 2025, with 104 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Korbyn?
- About 1 in every 16,424 US boys born in 2025 was named Korbyn — 104 in all.
- Will my child share the name Korbyn with classmates?
- Korbyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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