Cobe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KO-bee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Cobe is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Cobe mean?
Japanese: spelling of Kobe; from the Japanese city of Kobe
The basketball star Kobe Bryant was named after Kobe beef, from the Japanese city of Kobe.
Meaning borrowed from Kobe. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cobe a girl's or a boy's name?
Cobe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cobe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Cobe, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Cobe in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 740 boys in the US were given Cobe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #435, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
Cobe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 56 | #1,970 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Cobe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raiden Cade Case Cohen Aiden Kayden Ridge Sincere Cannon Brayden Callan Declan
Other spellings of Cobe
Names related to Cobe
More Japanese names
Kaizen Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya Aizen
Sources
Figures from 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, “Cobe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cobe, updated 20 October 2026.