Coby
Pet form of Jacob, by way of the Dutch Cobus and Jacobus; the Hebrew Ya'aqov is connected with a word for heel and the idea of supplanting.
Coby in 2025
Coby was given to 84 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 3,980th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 39,468 babies born.
The history of Coby
Coby reached its highest point in 2001, when 522 babies were given the name, ranking 968th that year.
Across the 85 years of records since 1941, 9,865 babies have been named Coby. Half of them were born before 2001, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Coby by decade
| Decade | Babies named Coby | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 42 | 4,273 |
| 1950s | 123 | 3,394 |
| 1960s | 300 | 2,316 |
| 1970s | 1,059 | 1,645 |
| 1980s | 959 | 2,064 |
| 1990s | 1,961 | 1,236 |
| 2000s | 3,289 | 968 |
| 2010s | 1,422 | 2,361 |
| 2020s | 710 | 2,762 |
Where Coby is heading
Coby has fallen 33% over the past decade, from 125 babies in 2015 to 84 in 2025.
Names like Coby
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Coby.