Coban
Boy · KOH-ban
Coban is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Coban come from?
Possibly Turkish çoban 'shepherd', or a modern blend
- Say it
- KOH-ban
Is Coban a girl's or a boy's name?
Coban is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coban in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Coban, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Coban in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were given Coban or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #931, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Coban in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
Names like Coban
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Kayden Caelan Conan Logan Kian Keegan Cody Aiden Brody Conlan Brayden