Koby

maleStatistical record

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

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

Koby: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #84 in 2008, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#84highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2000

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #448 among boys in England and Wales, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2011
Highest recorded position: #84 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2011).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Koby appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 1,602 births with the name.

Koby 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.

Koby'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	#2859 (1997)	#368 (2020)	#448 (2024)	28 of 28	1,602 (1997–2024)	119 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#281 (2014)	#404 (2024)	9 of 16	35 (2009–2024)	6 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#711 (2013)	#350 (2024)	#509 (2025)	12 of 13	74 (2013–2025)	11 (2024)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#84 (2008)	#84 (2008)	#100 (2011)	3 of 4	336 (2008–2011)	121 (2008)

Koby 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 Koby in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	305	10 of 10	31
2010s	783	10 of 10	78
2020sbusiest	503	5 of 10	101

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 101 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births fell by 41, from 119 to 78.

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

Koby 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 5 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #84 in New South Wales, Australia in 2008.

Koby'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	#448	90	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#406	98	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#500	78	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#375	119	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#368	118	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#429	95	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#395	110	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#429	100	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#521	75	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#450	90	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#542	68	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#565	63	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#569	63	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#524	67	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#625	52	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#777	37	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#613	51	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#684	41	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#748	34	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#572	44	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#848	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
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 5 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #84, first reached in 2008.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 121 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 27 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.

Kobi · #166, 30y
Kobie · #311, 27y
Koda · #414, 17y
Kodi · #248, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Skyla · #82, 28y
Tilly · #86, 30y
Tyson · #82, 33y
Wyatt · #82, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chester · #84, 29y
Iarlaith · #85, 24y
Khloe · #83, 29y
Ruaridh · #85, 27y

Koby was ranked #84 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2008. 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.

Koby 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 Koby without appearing here.

Koby moved ahead of

Rune Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2943 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #572 and #3651.
Harper Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2943 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1135 and #2587.
Morten Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2859 and #2859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #761 and #2189.
Kerry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2943 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1703 and #3036.

Moved ahead of Koby

Albie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #550 and #609 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #713 and #601.
Elias Compare
In 2017 they stood at #342 and #415 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #416 and #319.

Moved the opposite way to Koby

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Koby

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Koby went from #2859 to #448 and Archie from #141 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 5 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #84 in New South Wales, Australia in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Koby

Koby at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Koby across 4 official records

Koby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Koby at a glance

Koby across 4 official records

Koby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Koby appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Koby

Koby and the names beside it

Koby moved ahead of

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