Cobie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOH-bee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,220 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Cobie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Cobie mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Coby, a pet form of Jacob
“supplanter”
A spelling of Coby, a pet form of Jacob taken from its second syllable.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Cobie a girl's or a boy's name?
Cobie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 17 girls in the US.
How popular is Cobie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,220among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Cobie, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 778th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 45 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Cobie than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Cobie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 boys in the UK were given Cobie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #307, up from #1,220 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 38% of the babies named Cobie in the UK in 2003, and 11% in 2023.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.
Cobie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 34 | #986 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 45 | #778 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Cobie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Cobie, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Cobie in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1999, 19% of the babies named Cobie in the US were girls. By 2021 it was 72%, with more girls than boys since 2013.
Cobie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Cobie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caleb Noah Vinnie Jonah Isaac Elijah Eli Levi Asher Axel Jude Cooper
Other spellings of Cobie
Names related to Cobie
More Hebrew names
Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Ezra Benjamin Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Eliana Joseph
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, “Cobie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cobie, updated 20 October 2026.