Koben

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

Koben by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Koben. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Koben

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 Koben. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kohenpriest; variant spelling of Cohen385 in the US (2017)
  • Koenbold counsel; form of Kuno or Conrad145 in the US (2017)
  • Korbenraven; a modern respelling of Corbin105 in the US (2017)
  • Kobe112 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kowen20 in the US (2017)
  • Koban8 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Koben

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

  • Cobanshepherd3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cobain20 in the US (2017)
  • Coben10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kobain7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Koben

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