Coby
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464 · #1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births
Given to boys 96.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 516 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,484since 1941
Coby over time
Rank among boys' names. Coby has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,867 | 84 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,573 | 110 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,489 | 120 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,540 | 116 | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #1,378 | 133 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,320 | 136 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #1,327 | 137 |
| 2018 | — | #1,513 | 113 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,554 | 105 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,450 | 119 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,381 | 125 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,174 | 159 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,203 | 149 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,172 | 155 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,097 | 169 |
| 2010 | — | #1,068 | 180 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,014 | 193 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #842 | 258 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #874 | 236 |
| 2006 | — | #827 | 246 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #774 | 256 |
| 2004 | — | #700 | 276 | |
| 2003 | — | #567 | 394 | |
| 2002 | — | #500 | 462 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #462 | 516 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #529 | 415 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #589 | 330 |
| 1998 | — | #576 | 340 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #718 | 219 |
| 1996 | — | #730 | 210 | |
| 1995 | — | #809 | 174 | |
| 1994 | — | #892 | 148 | |
| 1993 | — | #918 | 137 | |
| 1992 | — | #880 | 144 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #945 | 126 |
| 1990 | — | #980 | 115 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #978 | 109 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #903 | 112 |
| 1987 | — | #990 | 92 | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #995 | 86 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #963 | 90 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #993 | 80 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #995 | 79 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,059 | 74 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #1,056 | 75 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #982 | 84 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #871 | 100 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #816 | 109 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #895 | 90 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #768 | 117 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #854 | 95 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | #776 | 107 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #817 | 94 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #921 | 75 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #928 | 77 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #1,005 | 65 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,042 | 55 |
| 1968 | — | #1,614 | 24 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #2,690 | 8 |
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| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Coby! It came in at #2,872, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1945, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Coby is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#451 · 1 in 2,535
- Louisiana#487 · 1 in 2,515
- Oklahoma#488 · 1 in 2,679
- Tennessee#520 · 1 in 3,429
- Georgia#590 · 1 in 3,824
Best ever in a state: #163 in Montana, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #451 | 6 | 1 in 2,535 |
| Louisiana | #487 | 10 | 1 in 2,515 |
| Oklahoma | #488 | 8 | 1 in 2,679 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 11 | 1 in 3,429 |
| Georgia | #590 | 16 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Maryland | #606 | 7 | 1 in 4,272 |
| Oregon | #606 | 5 | 1 in 4,027 |
| Missouri | #607 | 8 | 1 in 4,315 |
| Alabama | #616 | 6 | 1 in 4,184 |
| Minnesota | #633 | 6 | 1 in 4,972 |
| Ohio | #648 | 12 | 1 in 5,370 |
| Washington | #660 | 8 | 1 in 4,655 |
| South Carolina | #677 | 5 | 1 in 4,601 |
| Massachusetts | #679 | 5 | 1 in 6,404 |
| Texas | #786 | 26 | 1 in 7,277 |
| Michigan | #788 | 8 | 1 in 6,425 |
| Florida | #818 | 15 | 1 in 6,700 |
| Arizona | #905 | 5 | 1 in 8,681 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,008 | 6 | 1 in 10,645 |
| New York | #1,125 | 10 | 1 in 10,912 |
| California | #1,266 | 15 | 1 in 16,945 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Coby
- 294 spots since 2024 (#1,573 → #1,867)
- 547 spots since 2020 (#1,320 → #1,867)
- 486 spots since 2015 (#1,381 → #1,867)
- Biggest jump: 142 spots in 1998 (#718 → #576)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 2009 (#842 → #1,014)
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 2001 at #462 (516 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1983–2008
- Highest: 1 in 3,765 boys born in 2001 were named Coby (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.3% of all boys named Coby (3,252) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 27 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,062 |
| 1950s | 86 | #1,665 (1959) | #2,972 |
| 1960s | 256 | #1,042 (1969) | #1,670 |
| 1970s | 929 | #768 (1976) | #865 |
| 1980s | 881 | #903 (1988) | #991 |
| 1990s | 1,943 | #576 (1998) | #804 |
| 2000s | 3,252 | #462 (2001) | #709 |
| 2010s | 1,411 | #1,068 (2010) | #1,294 |
| 2020s | 699 | #1,320 (2020) | #1,528 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Coby in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 378,188 of them was named Coby, which outranked 14.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 7,908 of them was named Coby, which outranked 94.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).