Coby

Where Coby comes from

The dictionaries list Coby as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1941
    First appearance
    #2,872 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1975
    Coby Bell born
    American actor and producer
  4. 2000
    Coby White born
    American basketball player
  5. 2001
    Peak, #462
    516 babies named Coby — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #774.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Coby Bell · American actor and producer, born 1975
  • Coby White · American basketball player, born 2000
  • Coby Miller · American athletics competitor, born 1976
  • Coby Karl · American basketball player and coach, born 1983
  • Coby Fleener · American football player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.