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How popular is the name Kole?
Births per year, rank history and how many Koles are alive today.
Kole (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Cole in England and Wales, ranked 1226th in 2025 and given to 23 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 34 babies were given the name, the 856th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Cole you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Coles born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 9,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Cole.
How many babies are named Kole each year?
Includes all spellings: Kole, Cole. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kole spelling rank?
Where does the Cole spelling rank?
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 Kole most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Cole, peaked in 2010, when 516 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kole spelling itself peaked in 2020, with 34 babies.
How many people are called Kole?
At least 9,700 people named Kole in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kole?
Most living Koles are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 17.
Is Kole becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.