Kole

Boy's name · #1247 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Kole reached its best rank, #587, in 2010 and ranked #1247 in 2025. Roughly 9,800 boys have been named Kole since 1969.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#875 in Scotland (2025) · #1,254 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,365 in Canada (2024).

Kolë Idromeno — Albanian painter, sculptor, photographer, architect and engineer (1860–1939)
Kole Nedelkovski — Writer from Macedonia (1912–1941)
Kolë Berisha — Albanian politician (1947–2021)
Kole Čašule — Macedonian writer and diplomat (1921–2009)
Kole Calhoun — Baseball player

Among 56 notable people named Kole:

Artists & writers appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kolë Idromeno, Albanian photographer (1860–1939).

Kole is the less common spelling of Cole — about 7% of babies given the name are written this way; Cole itself ranked #182 in 2025.

Similar names: Cole · Dayton · Kolt · Saleh · Landyn · Kolby

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