NameTides

Kobe

Kobe was the #518 boys' name in the US in 2025 (578 babies), and #372 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Kobe as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kobe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesUSIrelandScotlandCanada
Kobe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#518 (578)#372 (112)#560 (5)#344 (4)#432 (8)#782 (34)
2024#410 (790)#278 (165)#352 (10)#216 (9)#472 (7)#658 (41)
2023#421 (755)#254 (185)#227 (19)#169 (13)#396 (9)#561 (48)
2022#381 (851)#238 (202)#392 (8)#311 (5)#454 (7)#561 (48)
2021#297 (1,117)#231 (218)#233 (19)#166 (14)#414 (8)#462 (63)
2020#239 (1,518)#205 (245)#324 (11)#186 (11)#402 (9)#367 (85)
2019#556 (507)#356 (125)#516 (5)#418 (3)#764 (3)#664 (38)
2018#575 (481)#449 (91)#472 (6)—#635 (4)#697 (36)
2017#531 (533)#661 (53)#383 (9)——#623 (42)
2016#512 (583)#493 (82)#486 (6)—#713 (3)#713 (36)
2015#594 (465)#506 (76)#426 (7)——#614 (43)
2014#532 (524)#449 (90)#336 (11)#398 (3)—#599 (45)
2013#494 (553)#475 (81)#434 (7)#244 (7)—#582 (46)
2012#506 (526)#473 (83)#500 (5)#311 (5)—#640 (38)
2011#477 (555)#464 (81)#544 (4)——#550 (47)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #239.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Kobe were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby boys in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kobe is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kobe by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #572NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #338INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #431NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #440GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #572TXFlorida: #557FL
Kobe (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#55921

Kobe (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KobeCanadaBoys#78234
KobeEngland & WalesBoys#372112
KobeIrelandBoys#4328
KobeNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
KobeScotlandBoys#5605
KobeUSGirls#3,78039
KobeUSBoys#518578