Cobain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- koh-BAYN
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Cobain is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Cobain mean?
Surname of uncertain origin, possibly Irish
Taken up as a first name after Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), singer and guitarist of Nirvana.
Is Cobain a girl's or a boy's name?
Cobain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cobain in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cobain in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cobain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Cobain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Cobain, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Cobain in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cobain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Cobain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Kayden Kian Aiden Callan Ronan Cassian Lochlan Conan Caelan Cillian Brody
Names related to Cobain
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cobain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cobain, updated 20 October 2026.