Koby
Boy · KO-bee · Hebrew
Koby is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “held by the heel, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 630th for boys in the UK (66 babies) and 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).
What does Koby mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Jacob
“held by the heel, supplanter”
A pet form of Jacob, like Coby; it is also used as a spelling of Kobe.
- Say it
- KO-bee
Is Koby a girl's or a boy's name?
Koby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 boys in the UK and 66 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Koby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #630among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the UK were named Koby, making it the 630th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 387th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 128 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Koby than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Koby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 365 boys in the UK were given Koby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #175, up from #630 for this spelling alone.
In 2000, 30% of the babies named Koby in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 621st in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Koby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #630 |
| 2024 | 97 | #458 |
| 2023 | 106 | #428 |
| 2022 | 87 | #506 |
| 2021 | 128 | #383 |
| 2020 | 128 | #387 |
| 2019 | 103 | #445 |
| 2018 | 117 | #411 |
| 2017 | 105 | #452 |
| 2016 | 83 | #536 |
| 2015 | 98 | #464 |
| 2014 | 76 | #555 |
| 2013 | 70 | #567 |
| 2012 | 64 | #619 |
| 2011 | 76 | #524 |
| 2010 | 55 | #650 |
| 2009 | 42 | #771 |
| 2008 | 54 | #644 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 38 | #755 |
| 2005 | 34 | #796 |
| 2004 | 45 | #616 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Koby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,167among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Koby, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,592nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 411 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Koby in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 740 boys in the US were given Koby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #435, up from #2,167 for this spelling alone.
Koby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,167 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 82 | #1,906 |
| 2021 | 85 | #1,823 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,592 |
| 2019 | 85 | #1,805 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,618 |
| 2015 | 109 | #1,514 |
| 2014 | 91 | #1,679 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,309 |
| 2010 | 137 | #1,267 |
| 2009 | 155 | #1,169 |
| 2008 | 180 | #1,055 |
| 2007 | 178 | #1,053 |
| 2006 | 165 | #1,077 |
| 2005 | 162 | #1,034 |
| 2004 | 197 | #877 |
| 2003 | 330 | #623 |
| 2002 | 377 | #578 |
| 2001 | 407 | #537 |
| 2000 | 411 | #531 |
| 1999 | 358 | #559 |
| 1998 | 320 | #591 |
| 1997 | 196 | #756 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,047 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1994 | 68 | #1,417 |
| 1993 | 69 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,330 |
| 1990 | 65 | #1,378 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 51 | #1,477 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
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