Unisex name · since 1974
Cobie
405 babies named Cobie in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,953 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 405
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
405 boys have been named Cobie since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cobie has 405 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2024.
- #8,953 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 405 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cobie ranks #8,953 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 405 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,953 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 405
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cobie's 405 recorded births place it above 80.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Cobie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cobie splits its recorded history at 2006: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 37 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cobie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Cobie popularity over time - girls
278 total births recorded since 1972 (Cobie as girls' name)
Cobie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (164 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Cobie's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Cobie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s
2000s
164 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 164 births (40% of all-time use).
Cobie by state
Where Cobie concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 405 births nationwide.
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What to do with Cobie's data
- Cobie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (164 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Cobies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cobie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cobie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.