Koby

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

Boy's name · #2174 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Koby's best rank, #533, came in 2000; it has settled back to #2174 today. Roughly 6,000 boys have been named Koby since 1958.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#532 in Scotland (2025) · #546 in Ireland (2025) · #622 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,424 in Canada (2024).

Famous Kobys

Koby Brea — Dominican-American basketball player
Koby Altman — American basketball executive
Koby Arthur — Ghanaian footballer
Koby Israelite — Israeli musician
Koby Maxwell — Ghanaian record producer

In stories & tradition

Koby^ko — One Piece (manga)

What Kobys become

Among 27 notable people named Koby:

Sports figures appear 2.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Koby Brea, Dominican-American basketball player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Coby (#1874) and Kobi (#2341), Koby would rank around #1051 with about 210 births last year — the newborns split about 40/32/28 across Coby, Koby, and Kobi.

Similar names: Kobi · Jovanny · Kobe · Robbie · Miguelangel · Jakobi

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