Bobi
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- BOB-ee
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
Bobi is a name. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies).
Where does Bobi come from?
Pet form used in several European languages
Is Bobi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bobi has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 16 boys in the UK.
How popular is Bobi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Bobi, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 18 boys. 3 girls were also named Bobi in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Bobi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 624 boys in the UK were given Bobi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #105, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Bobi in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Bobi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
Names like Bobi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwafikayomi, Achim, Kamsiyochukwu, Tobechukwu, Obaloluwa, Chidubem, Boluwatife, Ireoluwa, Naetochukwu, Inioluwa
Other spellings of Bobi
Names related to Bobi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bobi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bobi, updated 20 October 2026.