Kobe
#768 most common boys' name of all time · #1,723 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1989–2025
Rank among boys
#768
Rank overall
#1,723 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
23,126
Since 2016
8,068
Peak year
2020 #239
Best rank
#222 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 1,575/yr
Kobe first appears in 1989. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 578 | 617 | #521 |
| 2024 | 41 | 790 | 831 | #410 |
| 2023 | 41 | 755 | 796 | #422 |
| 2022 | 51 | 851 | 902 | #381 |
| 2021 | 60 | 1,117 | 1,177 | #298 |
| 2020 | 57 | 1,518 | 1,575 | #239 |
| 2019 | 18 | 507 | 525 | #557 |
| 2018 | 11 | 481 | 492 | #575 |
| 2017 | 17 | 533 | 550 | #532 |
| 2016 | 20 | 583 | 603 | #514 |
| 2015 | 7 | 465 | 472 | #595 |
| 2014 | 14 | 524 | 538 | #532 |
| 2013 | 14 | 553 | 567 | #494 |
| 2012 | 13 | 526 | 539 | #506 |
| 2011 | 14 | 555 | 569 | #478 |
| 2010 | 12 | 645 | 657 | #428 |
| 2009 | 12 | 687 | 699 | #420 |
| 2008 | 15 | 730 | 745 | #403 |
| 2007 | 9 | 573 | 582 | #471 |
| 2006 | 11 | 469 | 480 | #540 |
| 2005 | 6 | 444 | 450 | #544 |
| 2004 | 8 | 625 | 633 | #416 |
| 2003 | 15 | 1,213 | 1,228 | #265 |
| 2002 | 16 | 1,392 | 1,408 | #244 |
| 2001 | 19 | 1,552 | 1,571 | #222 |
| 2000 | 25 | 1,432 | 1,457 | #238 |
| 1999 | 23 | 860 | 883 | #323 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,104 | 1,116 | #263 |
| 1997 | 13 | 350 | 363 | #553 |
| 1996 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,277 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,312 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,108 |