Boys' name · since 1985
Cobin
195 babies named Cobin in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,121 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 195
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
195 boys have been named Cobin since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cobin has been recorded 195 times among boys since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2018.
- #13,121 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 195 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cobin ranks #13,121 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 195 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,121 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 195
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cobin's 195 recorded births place it above 71.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cobin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cobin's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cobin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2018
- Peak year (2009)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Cobin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (110 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Cobin's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Cobin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
110 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 110 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Cobin's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (110 total births) through the 2010s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cobin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1985–2018 (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 Cobin 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.