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How popular is the name Koban?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kobans are alive today.
Koban (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Coben in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2672nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2015, with 7 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Coben you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Cobens born in England and Wales are between 6 and 17, and there are at least 290 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Coben - on average, only one in every 1,045 such rooms contains a Coben.
How many babies are named Koban each year?
Includes all spellings: Koban, Coben. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Koban spelling rank?
Where does the Coben spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Koban most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Coben, peaked in 2015, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Koban spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 8 babies.
How many people are called Koban?
At least 290 people named Koban in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Koban?
Most living Kobans are between 6 and 17; the most common age is about 11.
Is Koban becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.