Kobe
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology.
Babies a year
112
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#519
down from #409
UK popularity
#372
112 babies · down from #278
How Kobe has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #593 |
| 2016 | #512 |
| 2017 | #531 |
| 2018 | #574 |
| 2019 | #556 |
| 2020 | #239 |
| 2021 | #298 |
| 2022 | #381 |
| 2023 | #418 |
| 2024 | #409 |
| 2025 | #519 |
In 2025, 112 babies in England and Wales were named Kobe. In the US, 544 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 1,552 in 2001.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Kobe was most common in 2000, when it went to 0.07% of American babies of that sex.
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