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How popular is the name Corbyn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Corbyns are alive today.
Corbyn (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 2008, when 20 babies were given the name, the 1206th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 18 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak.
The Corbyn you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Corbyns born in England and Wales are between 11 and 22, and there are at least 300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Corbyn - on average, only one in every 1,010 such rooms contains a Corbyn.
How many babies are named Corbyn each year?
Where does Corbyn rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Corbyn most popular?
Corbyn peaked in 2008, when 20 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Corbyn?
At least 300 people named Corbyn born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Corbyn?
Most living Corbyns are between 11 and 22; the most common age is about 17.
Is Corbyn becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.