Kobi is a distinctive choice, ranked #539 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Kobi in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#539
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About the Name Kobi
Kobi is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 44 places over five years. Its high point was #341 in 2021, and it now sits at #412. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Kobi is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Kobi in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Kobi
Kobi Nachtailer โ Kobi Nachtailer is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Kobi Hassan โ Kobi Hassan is a retired Israeli footballer who is mostly known for playing at Hapoel Ramat Gan and Maccabi Netanya.
Kobi Farhi โ Kobi Farhi is an Israeli musician, the lead singer and founder of Oriental metal band Orphaned Land.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kobi
Unlikely. With around 72 UK babies named Kobi per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kobi in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kobi is declining: down 171 places since 2020, to #539 in 2025. It peaked at #336 in 2019.
Kobi is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Kobi include: Kobi Nachtailer, Kobi Hassan and Kobi Farhi. Short summaries for each appear below.
Kobi does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Kobis in the wild.
72
UK babies named Kobi (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 171 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kobi
Almost certainly the only Kobi in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Kobi
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kobi (Jacob) Peleg is an Israeli professor of Emergency and Disaster Management at the Tel-Aviv University, and formerly the director of the Israel National Center for Trauma & Emergency Medicine Research at the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research.
Yaakov "Kobi" Shabtai (Hebrew: ืืขืงื (ืงืืื) ืฉืืชืื; born November 11, 1964) is an Israeli police officer who served as the 19th Commissioner of Israel Police from January 17, 2021 to July 17, 2024.
Kobi Oz (Hebrew: ืงืืื ืืื, [หkobi หoz], born Ya'akov Uzan (Hebrew: ืืขืงื ืืืื, [ja.aหkov uหzan]) on 17 September 1969) is the lead singer of Israeli group Teapacks.