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Cobie

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Cobie has been given to 683 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2001, with 37 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% boys, 41% girls all-time.

Babies named Cobie, 2024

1 in 371,000

Cobie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Cobie over time

In 2025, Cobie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Cobie: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cobie means

Cobie is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Cobie is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 405 boys were recorded with the name Cobie between 1974 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 37 in 2001; its best national rank was #2,569 in 2001.

In the United States, 278 girls were recorded with the name Cobie between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2015; its best national rank was #4,619 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,912 in 2020 to #6,598 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,619 in 2015 to #6,598 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Cobie?

Cobie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 371,000
9 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 191,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
257,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cobie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 257,451 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cobie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cobies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cobie was born before 2002 — so the typical Cobie is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
405
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 40.5% of all recorded uses (164).

Is Cobie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2001 (37)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,569
2001

Spellings of Cobie

Cobie is not the most common spelling — Cole is, with 27.2% against Cobie's 0.07%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Cobie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Cobie was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Cobie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Cobie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Cobie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,566,035 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Cobie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Cobie around the world

Where Cobie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,153
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2018–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2020–2020
    #741
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2002–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Cobie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,569
2001
Peak year
2001
37 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
405
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,598
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,686
Best rank ever
#4,619
2015
Peak year
2015
30 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
278
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Cobie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Cobie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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