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
How old is the name Kobi?
Kobi first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1958, which makes it about 67 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 59 of the 68 years since.
How many people are named Kobi?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,118 American births named Kobi between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,070 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kobi in 2025?
101 American babies were named Kobi in 2025, ranking #3,508 that year.
Is Kobi getting more or less popular?
Kobi is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 152 births a year, against 62 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +144% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
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.
How old is someone named Kobi?
Roughly 3,070 Americans named Kobi are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 6 and 25.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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