Coby — #1591 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Coby

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,397 babies named Coby between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Coby currently holds the #1591 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 516 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Coby performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Coby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,419 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Coby in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Coby 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 9,397 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.