Kole is a distinctive choice, ranked #1226 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Kole in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1226
US Rank #978
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About the Name Kole
Kole has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 466 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #856 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Kole is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Kole in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #978, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
โญ Famous People Named Kole
Kole Hall โ Kole Hall is a Bermudan semi-professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Chorley.
Andrรฉ Kole โ Andrรฉ Kole was an American magician and inventor of magical effects.
KOLE โ KOLE is a radio station licensed to Port Arthur, Texas, United States.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kole
Unlikely. With around 23 UK babies named Kole per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kole in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kole is declining: down 370 places since 2020, to #1,226 in 2025. It peaked at #856 in 2020.
Kole is more popular in the US (#978) than in the UK (#1322). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Kole include: Kole Hall, KOLE and Kole Calhoun. Short summaries for each appear below.
Kole does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Koles in the wild.
23
UK babies named Kole (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 370 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kole
Almost certainly the only Kole in the class
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UK Popularity (1997–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2023)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Kole
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, also known as Kole Omotoso, was a Nigerian writer and intellectual best known for his works of fiction and in South Africa as the "Yebo Gogo man" in adverts for the telecommunications company Vodacom.