Coby
Boy · KOH-bee · Hebrew
Coby is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 383rd for boys in the UK (122 babies) and 1,867th for boys in the US (84 babies).
What does Coby mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Jacob
“supplanter”
A pet form of Jacob, made from its second syllable and now used as a name in its own right.
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Is Coby a girl's or a boy's name?
Coby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 122 boys in the UK and 84 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #383among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 122about 1 in 2,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 122 boys in the UK were named Coby, making it the 383rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 253rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 228 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Coby than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Coby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 boys in the UK were given Coby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #307, up from #383 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 367th in England and Wales, 762nd in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.
Coby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #383 |
| 2024 | 151 | #330 |
| 2023 | 136 | #353 |
| 2022 | 153 | #331 |
| 2021 | 175 | #297 |
| 2020 | 215 | #253 |
| 2019 | 228 | #247 |
| 2018 | 169 | #320 |
| 2017 | 174 | #326 |
| 2016 | 174 | #318 |
| 2015 | 160 | #331 |
| 2014 | 163 | #314 |
| 2013 | 149 | #325 |
| 2012 | 143 | #350 |
| 2011 | 141 | #350 |
| 2010 | 158 | #315 |
| 2009 | 144 | #322 |
| 2008 | 110 | #383 |
| 2007 | 106 | #377 |
| 2006 | 92 | #413 |
| 2005 | 118 | #302 |
| 2004 | 91 | #359 |
| 2003 | 67 | #429 |
| 2002 | 51 | #481 |
| 2001 | 32 | #641 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 30 | #657 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Coby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,867among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 84 boys in the US were named Coby, making it the 1,867th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,320th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 516 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had fewer boys named Coby than any year since 1984.
Half of all the boys named Coby in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 boys in the US were given Coby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #1,867 for this spelling alone.
Coby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,573 |
| 2023 | 120 | #1,489 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 2021 | 133 | #1,378 |
| 2020 | 136 | #1,320 |
| 2019 | 137 | #1,327 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,554 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,450 |
| 2015 | 125 | #1,381 |
| 2014 | 159 | #1,174 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,203 |
| 2012 | 155 | #1,172 |
| 2011 | 169 | #1,097 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,068 |
| 2009 | 193 | #1,014 |
| 2008 | 258 | #842 |
| 2007 | 236 | #874 |
| 2006 | 246 | #827 |
| 2005 | 256 | #774 |
| 2004 | 276 | #700 |
| 2003 | 394 | #567 |
| 2002 | 462 | #500 |
| 2001 | 516 | #462 |
| 2000 | 415 | #529 |
| 1999 | 330 | #588 |
| 1998 | 340 | #576 |
| 1997 | 219 | #717 |
| 1996 | 210 | #729 |
| 1995 | 174 | #806 |
| 1994 | 148 | #889 |
| 1993 | 137 | #916 |
| 1992 | 144 | #877 |
| 1991 | 126 | #941 |
| 1990 | 115 | #976 |
| 1989 | 109 | #975 |
| 1988 | 112 | #902 |
| 1987 | 92 | #989 |
| 1986 | 86 | #994 |
| 1985 | 90 | #962 |
| 1984 | 80 | #992 |
| 1983 | 79 | #995 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,059 |
| 1981 | 75 | #1,056 |
| 1980 | 84 | #982 |
| 1979 | 100 | #871 |
| 1978 | 109 | #816 |
| 1977 | 90 | #895 |
| 1976 | 117 | #768 |
| 1975 | 95 | #854 |
| 1974 | 107 | #776 |
| 1973 | 94 | #817 |
| 1972 | 75 | #921 |
| 1971 | 77 | #928 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,042 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,339 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,743 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
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