Coby Boy
How popular is Coby?
#1,867 boy name in 2025
84 baby boys were named Coby in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
Coby popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,867 for boys (▼ 294 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,381 in 2015, #1,320 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (516 boys) |
| Highest rank | #462 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Coby counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Coby family of names ranked #918 for boys in 2025 (#731 the year before), with 229 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Coby is most popular
Babies named Coby per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 boys)
Coby by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 27 | #2,689 |
| 1950s | 86 | #1,664 |
| 1960s | 256 | #1,042 |
| 1970s | 929 | #768 |
| 1980s | 881 | #902 |
| 1990s | 1,943 | #576 |
| 2000s | 3,252 | #462 |
| 2010s | 1,411 | #1,068 |
| 2020s | 699 | #1,320 |
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Questions
- Is Coby a boy or girl name?
- Coby is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Coby were boys.
- How popular is the name Coby?
- 84 baby boys were named Coby in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
- When was Coby most popular?
- Coby peaked in 2001, when 516 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #462 in 2001.
- How many people are named Coby?
- 9,865 babies have been named Coby in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,510 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Coby most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Coby was most common in Illinois, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.