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How popular is the name Kobe?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kobes are alive today.
Kobe (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 372nd in 2025 with 112 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2020, when 245 babies were given the name, the 205th most popular that year. It has declined since 2020; the 2025 figure is roughly 46% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Kobe you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Kobes born in England and Wales are between 4 and 15, and there are at least 2,400 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 Kobe - on average, only one in every 127 such rooms contains a Kobe.
How many babies are named Kobe each year?
Where does Kobe rank among boys' names?
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 Kobe most popular?
Kobe peaked in 2020, when 245 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kobe?
At least 2,400 people named Kobe born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kobe?
Most living Kobes are between 4 and 15; the most common age is about 5.
Is Kobe becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2020 peak.