Koby
Koby was the 2174th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 533rd with 411 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 655 places. More babies were named Koby in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,174 boys, down 578 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 66boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2000411 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,135babies recorded
Koby popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #2,174 | — | 66 |
| 2020 | #12,864 | #1,596 | 7 | 102 |
| 2010 | — | #1,273 | — | 137 |
| 2000 | #11,299 | #533 | 8 | 411 |
| 1990 | — | #1,391 | — | 65 |
| 1980 | — | #2,491 | — | 20 |
| 1970 | — | #2,805 | — | 12 |
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How popular is Koby, counting every spelling?
Koby is a spelling of Coby, a name family that ranked #1,185 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,174 for Koby on its own. Together these spellings went to 159 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coby | 84 | #1,874 | 563 |
| Koby | 66 | #2,174 | 371 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Koby?
66 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Koby (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Koby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 127 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Koby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Koby?
About 5,900 people born in the US named Koby are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 16 and 28. That makes Koby mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Koby by state
How common Koby was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Koby: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Koby, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Koby
How popular is the name Koby?
Koby was the 2174th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 533rd with 411 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 655 places. More babies were named Koby in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Koby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Koby in the US.
Where is Koby most popular?
In 2021–2025, Koby was most common in Alabama (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Texas.