Is Kobi a boy or girl name?

Kobi is a unisex name. Of the 3,118 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 36.8% were girls and 63.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2023, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kobi

Recorded 1958–2025 · United States

Kobi was most popular in 2021, when 191 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,286 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,508, with 101 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,118 people named Kobi.

Kobi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kobi’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kobi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kobi is a unisex name — 36.8% of the 3,118 Americans given it were girls and 63.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 44% girls and 56% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kobi

Where Kobi is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org