Cobi

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies

Cobi by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Cobi. In the US, 27 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Cobi

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cobi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cobysupplanter; a form of Jacob114 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Codihelpful; a respelling of Cody10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cobie25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Colbi11 in the US (2017)
  • Cobe3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cybi5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Cobi

Names that are said the same way as Cobi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kobysupplanter; a form of Jacob or Jacoby60 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kobisupplanter; a form of Jacob72 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kobiesupplanter; a form of Jacob77 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kobbyborn on Tuesday; diminutive form4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kobbie5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Cobi

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