boy's name
Corbin
KOR-bin
- Origin French
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 44,642
the United States
#512
2025 births
Corbin means little raven, and it began as a description of hair — Norman bynames used black birds for black-haired people, which is the same logic behind the Irish names built on the word for dark.
- Corbin is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in 2014, when 1,943 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 5,572 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1891.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Corbin over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 |
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 115 |
| 1920s | 152 |
| 1930s | 109 |
| 1940s | 132 |
| 1950s | 182 |
| 1960s | 294 |
| 1970s | 653 |
| 1980s | 1,622 |
| 1990s | 6,453 |
| 2000s | 11,801 |
| 2010s | 15,726 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 4,522 |
What Corbin means
Corbin means a little raven, or crow. The Norman French names the bird with a diminutive, and it was applied to someone with black hair rather than to any quality.
Where Corbin comes from
Corbin is the Norman French corbin, a diminutive of corb, a raven, from the Latin corvus. Bird bynames for hair color were ordinary: the raven and crow for black, the finch or the lark for something lighter. The same corvus gives the English corvid and the surname Corbett. Its use as a given name is American and modern, and our records show almost all of its volume after 1990.
Corbin in use
Corbin peaked in the United States in 2014, when 1,943 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in exactly one of the six markets we track, at 512th in the United States on 595 births, across 44,642 lifetime births. England and Wales ran its own peak of 42 births in 2008, and our records carry the name from 1891.
How popular is Corbin?
In 2025, Corbin was given to 595 babies in the United States, ranking #512 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Corbin is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Corbin
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Corbin also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Corbin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Corbin in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Corbin
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Corbin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Corbin
What does the name Corbin mean?
A little raven — the Norman French corbin, from the Latin corvus.
Why a bird name?
Black birds were ordinary bynames for black-haired people.
Is Corbett related?
Yes — the same corvus root.
How popular is Corbin?
512th in the United States, down from a 2014 peak of 1,943 births.
Is Corbin a girl's or a boy's name?
Corbin is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Corbin?
Corbin has 2 syllables.
Is Corbin a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Corbin currently ranks #512 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.