Kobey
Boy · KOH-bee · Hebrew
Kobey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kobey mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Cobey, itself a spelling of Coby, a pet form of Jacob
“supplanter”
A spelling of Coby, a pet form of Jacob taken from its second syllable.
- Say it
- KOH-bee
Meaning borrowed from Cobey.
Is Kobey a girl's or a boy's name?
Kobey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kobey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Kobey, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kobey than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Kobey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 boys in the UK were given Kobey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #307, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Kobey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
How popular is Kobey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Kobey, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more boys named Kobey than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kobey in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 boys in the US were given Kobey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Kobey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 53 | #1,846 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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