Coby

Meaning: Supplanter, or holder of the heel
Origin: Variant of Jacob (from Hebrew)

Boy's name · #1874 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Coby's best rank, #462, came in 2001; it has settled back to #1874 today. Roughly 9,500 boys have been named Coby since 1941.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#324 in N. Ireland (2025) · #367 in England & Wales (2025) · #804 in Scotland (2025) · #877 in Ireland (2025) · #1,728 in Canada (2024).

Famous Cobys

Coby Bell — American actor and producer
Coby White — American basketball player
Coby Miller — Athletics competitor
Coby Karl — American basketball player and coach (born 1983)
Coby Dietrick — American basketball player

In stories & tradition

Coby — Amorous (video game)

What Cobys become

Among 58 notable people named Coby:

Sports figures appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Coby White, American basketball player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Koby (#2174) and Kobi (#2341), Coby would rank around #1051 with about 210 births last year — the newborns split about 40/32/28 across Coby, Koby, and Kobi.

Similar names: Koby · Maximillian · Kobe · Robbie · Davion · Toby

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