Given name
Kobey
“woman from California”
Kobey is a variant of Kobi. One American interpretation is “woman from California.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kobey is a variant of Kobi. One American interpretation is “woman from California.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kobey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 606
- 606 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,621 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,621 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 65 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 565 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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