Corbin

What Corbin means

Means “crow”

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Corbin” (revision 92172977), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Corbin?

US: Falling: down from #221 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 1,930 boys got the name (#203 that year). First in the US records in 1891.

How common

• About 1 in 2,915 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.82 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.79 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.14 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Corbin is #512 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.5% of US babies named Corbin were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Korbin176 US
• Korbyn104 US
• Corbyn62 US · 5 E&W
• Corban35 US · 4 E&W
• Korben38 US
• Corben18 US
• Carbon8 US
• Korban8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Corbyn

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Corbin

Boys

• Mason#39From a surname for “a stonemason”^*
• Kameron#466Variant of Cameron, meaning “crooked, bent + nose”^*
• Maxwell#189“well”^*
• Tyson#531“firebrand”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Rylan#416possibly “rye field”^*

For a sister

• Claire#68Variant of Clare, meaning “bright, shining, clear”^*
• Aubrey#146“elf, fairy + king, ruler”^*
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Hayden#437“hay + valley”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Corbin’s. Rank is US 2025.