Kobi

“Variant of Jacob — Supplanter, or holder of the heel” — Hebrew, via Greek and Latin origin

Boy's name · #2341 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Kobi reached its best rank, #1276, in 2000 and ranked #2341 in 2025. Roughly 2,000 boys have been named Kobi since 1970. Together with its spelling variants Coby (#1874) and Koby (#2174), Kobi would rank around #1051 with about 210 births last year — the newborns split about 40/32/28 across Coby, Koby, and Kobi.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 3,000 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 3,300 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kobis

Köbi Kuhn — Swiss association football player and manager (1943-2019)
Kobi Marimi — Israeli singer; Israel representative to Eurovision 2019
Kobi Simmons — American basketball player (born 1997)
Kobi Oshrat — Israeli composer and conductor
Kobi Arad — Israeli-American composer and pianist

What Kobis become

Among 89 notable people named Kobi:

Business leaders appear 2.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kobi Alexander, businessman.

Similar names: Koby · Giovonni · Kodi · Robbie · Malachai · Jakobi

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