unisex name

Cobi

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,327

Northern Ireland

#497

2021 births

Cobi is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 21% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2020, when 47 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1968.

Cobi over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'60 '70 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Cobi by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 30
1990s 236
2000s 255
2010s 225
2020s (to 2025) 198

How popular is Cobi?

In 2025, Cobi was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Cobi is used

Northern Ireland #497 3 in 2021
Ireland #733 4 in 2019
Scotland #862 3 in 2024
Canada #2,763 5 in 2000
England & Wales #3,555 6 in 2025
United States #7,502 22 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cobi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cobi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cobi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cobi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cobi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cobi

How popular is the name Cobi?

In 2025, Cobi was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Cobi a girl's or a boy's name?

Cobi is used for both girls and boys. About 21% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Cobi most popular?

Cobi peaked in 2020, when 47 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Cobi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Cobi currently ranks #862 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.