Data through 2025

Kobe name popularity in the United States

Kobe ranked #518 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 578 boys named Kobe.

Rank#518

for boys in 2025

Boys recorded578

SSA

Peak year2001

1,552 recorded

Five-year change-61.9%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Kobe for boys and girls

Girls

39

6.3% in 2025 · data from 1997 to 2025

Boys

578

93.7% in 2025 · data from 1989 to 2025

Kobe in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys578#518
2025girls39#3780
2024boys790#410
2024girls41#3695
2023boys755#421
2023girls41#3709
2022boys851#381
2022girls51#3171
2021boys1,117#297
2021girls60#2818
2020boys1,518#239
2020girls57#2850
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YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys578#518
2025girls39#3780
2024boys790#410
2024girls41#3695
2023boys755#421
2023girls41#3709
2022boys851#381
2022girls51#3171
2021boys1,117#297
2021girls60#2818
2020boys1,518#239
2020girls57#2850
2019boys507#556
2019girls18#6414
2018boys481#575
2018girls11#9151
2017boys533#531
2017girls17#6808
2016boys583#512
2016girls20#6186
2015boys465#594
2015girls7#13006
2014boys524#532
2014girls14#8053
2013boys553#494
2013girls14#8135
2012boys526#506
2012girls13#8632
2011boys555#477
2011girls14#8196
2010boys645#428
2010girls12#9231
2009boys687#419
2009girls12#9379
2008boys730#403
2008girls15#8109
2007boys573#471
2007girls9#11630
2006boys469#538
2006girls11#9901
2005boys444#544
2005girls6#14502
2004boys625#415
2004girls8#11624
2003boys1,213#265
2003girls15#7207
2002boys1,392#244
2002girls16#6698
2001boys1,552#222
2001girls19#5822
2000boys1,432#238
2000girls25#4649
1999boys860#323
1999girls23#4718
1998boys1,104#263
1998girls12#7532
1997boys350#553
1997girls13#6844
1996boys87#1265
1995boys9#5928
1989boys5#7905

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Kobe’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+24.3%
Change since peak-62.8%