Koben — #11488 US boys' name
165 babies named Koben in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Koben was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Koben in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Koben
The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Koben between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Koben currently holds the #11488 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Koben performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Koben 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 Koben in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Koben 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 165 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.
Koben at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Koben popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2019)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #11488 among boys.
165 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 13 births in a single year.
Koben by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 69 births that decade — 42% of Koben's all-time total
Koben decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Koben's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Koben by state
Where Koben concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 165 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.0% 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, 1998–2024 (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.