girls:
1k births since 1958
#4677 (18th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1970
#2932 (36th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1958
#5064 (35th percentile)
The name Kobi is the #5,064 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,849 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 34.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,932 (36.0% percentile) for all time with 1,810 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #4,677 (18.2% percentile) for all time with 1,039 births since 1958.
Kobi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Kobi is available in 57 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023 (54 years for girls and 44 years for boys). 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 Kobi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 59.7% of babies named Kobi were boys. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for girls (66.4% girls from 1958 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (66.0% boys from 1990 to 2023).
For boys, Kobi reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 11.9% percentile (ranked #717) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 49 births per million (ranked 11.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kobi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #827 (9.2% percentile) with 49 births per million.
For girls, Kobi reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 10.3% percentile (ranked #840) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 56 births per million (ranked 10.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Kobi ranks #892 for girls (5.8% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 60.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kobi".
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