first name
KOBE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,211 people named Kobe, 31.5% reported their origin as Black, 31.2% as White and 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kobe peaked in 2020, when 1,575 babies got the name.
At least 23,126 babies have been given the name since 1989. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kobe by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #669. The largest share of babies named Kobe, 57.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kobe is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kobe has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), Hawaii (2.3×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.37×).
21,675 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kobe
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kobe, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kobe ranks #31,833 of 156,621, with 778 people. See Kobe as a last name
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