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Coby
OriginEnglish, diminutive of Coburn or Jacob or Jacoby
Meaning"supplanter"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girlsUnranked
Below 5 births
US rank · boys#1874
2025 SSA
About Coby
Actor Coby Bell gives this short but sweet name a hefty amount of street cred. Can also be spelled Koby or Kobe, as in Kobe Bryant.
Coby is also given to girls.
Pronounced KO-bee.
As of October 2026, Coby ranked #13864 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #3128 in 1974.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Girls #4,986
Boys #1,874
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,174 | 159 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,383 | 125 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,452 | 119 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,556 | 105 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,512 | 113 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,329 | 137 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,321 | 136 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,379 | 133 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,548 | 115 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,497 | 119 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,590 | 108 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,874 | 84 |
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Coby for boys
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Famous Cobys
- Coby Scott BellBoy
American actor
- Coby MillerBoy
American Olympic sprinter
- Coby Joseph KarlBoy
American basketball player; son of coach George Karl
- Maxwell Coburn "Coby" WhitmoreBoy
American illustrator
- Jacoby "Coby" FleenerBoy
American NFL football player
- Jacob "Coby" LinderBoy
American former drummer of band Say Anything
- Jacoba Maria Jozina "Coby" van BaalenBoy
Dorresteijn, Dutch Olympic female equestrian
- Coby CottonBoy
American YouTuber of Dude Perfect
Coby in pop culture
- Coby JenningsBoy
character on Australian TV series "Packed to the Rafters"
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