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Kobe name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Kobe ranks #519 in male records (578 reported) and #3,808 in female records (39 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#3,808 · 39 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 2 female records (41 to 39); rank moved from #3,727 to #3,808.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 21 female records (60 to 39); rank moved from #2,837 to #3,808.
2025 male rank and count
#519 · 578 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 212 male records (790 to 578); rank moved from #410 to #519.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 539 male records (1,117 to 578); rank moved from #298 to #519.
Peak year in available data
2020: 1,518 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Kobe becoming more popular?

Kobe's reported male count decreased by 212 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #410 to #519. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Kobe in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for KobeFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,5180201620252016: 20 female records2017: 17 female records2018: 11 female records2019: 18 female records2020: 57 female records2021: 60 female records2022: 51 female records2023: 41 female records2024: 41 female records2025: 39 female records2016: 583 male records2017: 533 male records2018: 481 male records2019: 507 male records2020: 1,518 male records2021: 1,117 male records2022: 851 male records2023: 755 male records2024: 790 male records2025: 578 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025393,808578519
2024413,727790410
2023413,744755421
2022513,192851381
2021602,8371,117298
2020572,8711,518239
2019186,570507556
2018119,508481575
2017176,962533531
2016206,302583513

Questions about Kobe’s popularity

How common is Kobe in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Kobe ranks #519 in male records (578 reported) and #3,808 in female records (39 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Kobe?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Kobe only.

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Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Kobe creates a match.

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