Cobey

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cobey: Recorded every year since 2002, it reached #1,156 in 2008, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#1156highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2003	#1629
2004	#1878
2005	#1377
2006	#1643
2007	#2435
2008	#1156
2009	#1649
2010	#1201
2011	#1158
2012	#1229
2013	#1247
2014	#1486
2015	#1786
2016	#1319
2017	#1546
2018	#1610
2019	#1506
2020	#1431
2021	#2301
2022	#2755
2023	#3523
2024	#1951

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #1156 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cobey 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 Cobey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	86	8 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	180	10 of 10	18
2020s	50	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Cobey appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1156 in England and Wales in 2008.

Cobey'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,156, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

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.

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Coben · #1507, 22y
Cobi · #433, 29y
Cobie · #741, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Zackariya · #1157, 20y
Zaiden · #1157, 19y
Hannan · #1158, 26y
Yakov · #1158, 28y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Zackariya · #1157, 20y
Zaiden · #1157, 19y
Dimitar · #1158, 17y
Logan-James · #1158, 17y

Cobey 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 Cobey without appearing here.

Cobey moved ahead of

Tor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1156 and #4432.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1156 and #3687.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1156 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Cobey

Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #906.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #2018.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1546 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1610 and #1382.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1431 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2301 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Cobey

Brooke Compare
Between 2002 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Cobey went from #3225 to #1431 while Brooke went from #1322 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 2002 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Cobey went from #3225 to #1786 while Kim went from #1519 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 2002 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Cobey went from #3225 to #1786 while Tayla went from #1799 to #4747.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1156 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cobey

Cobey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cobey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cobey appears in

Popularity data

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Cobey at a glance

Cobey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cobey appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Cobey and the names beside it

Cobey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cobey

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