girls:
246 births since 1972
#5470 (4th percentile)
boys:
396 births since 1974
#4190 (9th percentile)
overall:
642 births since 1972
#7097 (8th percentile)
The name Cobie is the #7,097 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 642 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,190 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 396 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,470 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 246 births since 1972.
Cobie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 1974 for boys). Birth data for Cobie is available in 35 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (31 years for boys and 19 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cobie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 38.1% of babies named Cobie were boys.
For boys, Cobie reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #793) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cobie ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 24.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cobie reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #935) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cobie ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 48.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cobie".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Cobie is pronounced as KOH-bee, which has 2 syllables.
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