Kobe

Boy · recorded 1989–2025

  • #518in 2025
  • 1 in 2,955boys in 2025
  • +39%last ten years
  • 2.8×in Mississippi

Most popular in 2020, and up 39% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1989

044087919891998200720162025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Kobe, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19892
19955
199646
1997186
1998578
1999448
2000729
2001799
2002717
2003614
2004315
2005222
2006228
2007276
2008358
2009346
2010336
2011292
2012277
2013292
2014273
2015243
2016307
2017288
2018265
2019283
2020879
2021638
2022487
2023441
2024459
2025338

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 2.8×
  2. Nevada 2.2×
  3. Alabama 1.9×
  4. Georgia 1.8×
  5. Arkansas 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
578
Rank in 2025
#518
How rare
1 in 2,955 boys
Since 1989
22,513

Most popular in 2020, at 879 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 39% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi2.8×39
Nevada2.2×31
Alabama1.9×52
Georgia1.8×113
Arkansas1.7×27

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.