# Kobi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kobi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,118 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,971 / 1,147 (37% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,011, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,451 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,480 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,076 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,896 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,580 |
| 2016 | 33 | 4,396 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,535 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,971 |
| 2019 | 33 | 4,302 |
| 2020 | 81 | 2,232 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,950 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,377 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,836 |
| 2024 | 66 | 2,649 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,616 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,724 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,274 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,303 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,646 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,837 |
| 2016 | 45 | 2,706 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,471 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,221 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,201 |
| 2020 | 88 | 1,755 |
| 2021 | 90 | 1,777 |
| 2022 | 76 | 2,012 |
| 2023 | 89 | 1,814 |
| 2024 | 100 | 1,679 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,341 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96 | 413 |
| 2012 | 79 | 484 |
| 2013 | 84 | 461 |
| 2014 | 107 | 381 |
| 2015 | 100 | 415 |
| 2016 | 94 | 441 |
| 2017 | 103 | 423 |
| 2018 | 124 | 366 |
| 2019 | 135 | 336 |
| 2020 | 118 | 368 |
| 2021 | 131 | 341 |
| 2022 | 108 | 391 |
| 2023 | 98 | 406 |
| 2024 | 99 | 412 |
| 2025 | 72 | 539 |

## People named Kobi

- Kobi Simmons, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Kobi Moyal, footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.