Kobi

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kobi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kobi: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #166 in 2021, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#166highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2019	#5591

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #216 among boys in Northern Ireland, #352 among boys in Scotland, #412 among boys in England and Wales, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2011–2024
Highest recorded position: #166 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2011–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kobi appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,933 births with the name.

Kobi across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kobi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#336 (2019)	#412 (2024)	29 of 29	1,933 (1996–2024)	135 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#291 (2011)	#166 (2021)	#216 (2024)	13 of 14	79 (2011–2024)	14 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#718 (2012)	#362 (2023)	#432 (2025)	11 of 14	68 (2012–2025)	10 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#5545 (2008)	#5545 (2008)	#5591 (2019)	2 of 12	6 (2008–2019)	3 (2008)

Kobi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kobi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	356	10 of 10	36
2010s	1,000	10 of 10	100
2020sbusiest	554	5 of 10	111

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 111 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 38, from 90 to 52.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kobi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Kobi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#412	99	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#406	98	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#391	108	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#341	131	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#368	118	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#336	135	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#366	124	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#423	103	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#441	94	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#415	100	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#381	107	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#461	84	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#484	79	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#413	96	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#461	78	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#617	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#412	90	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#575	53	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#711	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#678	38	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#166	14	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#252	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#254	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#381	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #166, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 135 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Koben · #1804, 19y
Kobey · #637, 22y
Kobie · #311, 27y
Koby · #84, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kobe · #166, 29y
Kyra · #166, 35y
Mikolaj · #166, 31y
Caden · #165, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kobe · #166, 29y
Simran · #166, 29y
Ayesha · #165, 33y
Caden · #165, 28y

Kobi was ranked #166 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kobi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kobi without appearing here.

Kobi moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2357 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1552 and #3036.
Fredrik Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1850 and #1505 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #910 and #2220.
Herman Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2357 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1642 and #2901.
Henrik Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2020 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1761 and #2859.

Moved ahead of Kobi

Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #412 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #617 and #311.
Cooper Compare
In 2008 they stood at #412 and #430 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #617 and #396.
Hugo Compare
In 2011 they stood at #291 and #311 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #403 and #273.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #291 and #375 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #403 and #273.

Moved the opposite way to Kobi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Kobi

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kobi went from #2357 to #412 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kobi

Kobi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kobi across 4 official records

Kobi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kobi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kobi at a glance

Kobi across 4 official records

Kobi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kobi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kobi

Kobi and the names beside it

Kobi moved ahead of

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