Cobie — #8465 US boys' name
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.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Cobie was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Cobie in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cobie
The Social Security Administration has registered 405 babies named Cobie between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cobie currently holds the #8465 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Cobie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 261 additional births since 1972.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cobie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cobie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cobie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cobie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 405 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cobie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cobie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2001)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #8465 among boys.
405 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 37 births in a single year.
Cobie popularity over time — girls
261 total births recorded since 1972 (Cobie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Cobie accounts for 39% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cobie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 164 births that decade — 40% of Cobie's all-time total
Cobie decade highlights
- Peak decade 164 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cobie's strongest decade
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.