Kobie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KO-bee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #472 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Kobie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 472nd for boys in the UK (91 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Kobie mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Kobi, pet form of Jacob; also of Kobe
A spelling of Kobe or of Kobi, an Israeli pet form of Jacob.
Is Kobie a girl's or a boy's name?
Kobie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 boys in the UK and 24 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Kobie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 472nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 91 about 1 in 3,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 91 boys in the UK were named Kobie, making it the 472nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 449th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 111 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kobie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 365 boys in the UK were given Kobie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #175, up from #472 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 497th in England and Wales, 441st in Scotland and 253rd in Northern Ireland.
Kobie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #472 |
| 2024 | 111 | #409 |
| 2023 | 57 | #684 |
| 2022 | 73 | #577 |
| 2021 | 83 | #532 |
| 2020 | 98 | #449 |
| 2019 | 75 | #564 |
| 2018 | 59 | #666 |
| 2017 | 41 | #860 |
| 2016 | 39 | #884 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 46 | #768 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 28 | #1,056 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Kobie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Kobie, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978. 16 boys were also named Kobie in 2025 (5,606th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kobie in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 105 girls in the US were given Kobie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,637, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 12% of the babies named Kobie in the US in 1997, and 60% in 2025.
Kobie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Kobie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Achim, Zion, Kade, Noah, Dawud, Caleb, Kwame, Jonah, Vinnie, Adem, Dougie, Yusuf
Other spellings of Kobie
Names related to Kobie
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Kobie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kobie, updated 20 October 2026.