Coby

maleStatistical record

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

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

Coby: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #213 in 2020, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#213highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
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: #256 among boys in Northern Ireland, #278 among boys in Scotland, #336 among boys in England and Wales, #394 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 #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #213 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2007–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Coby 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 3,161 births with the name.

Coby 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.

Coby'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	#898 (1996)	#236 (2019)	#336 (2024)	29 of 29	3,161 (1996–2024)	213 (2019)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2683 (1996)	#5591 (2019)	9 of 24	31 (1996–2019)	5 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#315 (2007)	#213 (2020)	#256 (2024)	14 of 18	70 (2007–2024)	9 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#394 (2024)	#829 (2025)	15 of 18	83 (2008–2025)	9 (2022)

Coby 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 Coby in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	87	4 of 10	22
2000s	781	10 of 10	78
2010sbusiest	1,526	10 of 10	153
2020s	767	5 of 10	153

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 153 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2018 and 2019, when recorded births rose by 59, from 154 to 213.

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

Coby 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: #213 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Coby'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	#336	130	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#346	123	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#308	146	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#278	167	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#239	201	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#236	213	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#308	154	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#314	159	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#308	157	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#299	155	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#301	152	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#318	134	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#332	133	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#341	127	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#313	142	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#305	136	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#371	101	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#371	98	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#377	91	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#292	110	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#352	84	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#398	66	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#468	46	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#602	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#776	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#616	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#256	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	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	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#278	14	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 #213, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 213 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, 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.

Cobi · #433, 29y
Cobie · #741, 27y
Coco · #420, 30y
Codey · #403, 28y

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.

Matas · #213, 28y
Arwen · #215, 26y
Bertie · #211, 30y
Sylvie · #211, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Katlyn · #213, 19y
Tallulah · #213, 29y
Aimee-Leigh · #212, 21y
Cai · #214, 29y

Coby was ranked #213 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Coby 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 Coby without appearing here.

Coby moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #881 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #602 and #1595.
Brent Compare
In 2000 they stood at #881 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #602 and #1078.
Derek Compare
In 2000 they stood at #881 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #602 and #1078.
Roger Compare
In 1997 they stood at #759 and #694 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #616 and #1000.

Moved ahead of Coby

Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1958.
Ida Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #2738.
Logan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #2738.

Moved the opposite way to Coby

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Coby

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Coby went from #898 to #336 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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: #213 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Coby

Coby at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Coby across 4 official records

Coby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Coby appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Coby and the names beside it

Coby moved ahead of

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Coby at a glance

Coby across 4 official records

Coby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Coby 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 Coby

Coby and the names beside it

Coby moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Coby

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