Coban was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
Coban as a boy’s name
England & Wales
Scotland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
England & Wales
Scotland
2025
#5,137 (3)
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2022
#4,790 (3)
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2021
#3,990 (4)
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2020
#3,334 (5)
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2018
#2,445 (8)
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2017
#3,996 (4)
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2015
#2,707 (7)
#686 (3)
2014
#3,362 (5)
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2013
#2,954 (6)
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2012
#2,458 (8)
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2011
#3,830 (4)
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2009
#3,744 (4)
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2008
#3,687 (4)
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2007
#3,589 (4)
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2006
#2,087 (8)
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The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2018 at #2,445.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2002.
How common is it?
about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.