Kobi
#2,341 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kobi has been given to 3,118 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #2,341 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 102 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.
Babies named Kobi, 2025
1 in 56,200
Kobi over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kobi over time
In 2025, Kobi went to 42% girls and 58% boys.
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.
How common is Kobi?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 56,200
- 59 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 28,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,341
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 38,949 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kobi sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 38,949 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kobi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kobis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kobi was born before 2009 — so the typical Kobi is around 16 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 32.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 76.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,971
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 32.3% of all recorded uses (637).
Is Kobi 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
- −662
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −586
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +495
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.40×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 57.8%
- Peak was 2000 (102)
- Years since peak
- 25
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 16.5% average annual change
Spellings of Kobi
Kobi is not the most common spelling — Bob is, with 19.8% against Kobi's 0.42%.
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 Kobi is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Kobi was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 37,043 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).
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.
Where Kobi is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Kobi was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 48,616 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
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.
Kobi around the world
Where Kobi 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 & Wales1996–2025#539in 2025
- Scotland2006–2025#495in 2025
- Northern Ireland2011–2025#270in 2025
- Ireland2012–2025#432in 2025
- Canada2001–2024#2,855in 2024
- South Australia1973–2013#317in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Kobi by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kobi
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kobi
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.