Kobe Popularity by Year
Follow Kobe across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kobe birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 578 | #518 | Down 108 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 39 | #3,780 | Down 85 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 790 | #410 | Up 11 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 41 | #3,695 | Up 14 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 755 | #421 | Down 40 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 41 | #3,709 | Down 538 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 851 | #381 | Down 84 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 51 | #3,171 | Down 353 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 1,117 | #297 | Down 58 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 60 | #2,818 | Up 32 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 1,518 | #239 | Up 317 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 57 | #2,850 | Up 3,564 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 507 | #556 | Up 19 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 18 | #6,414 | Up 2,737 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 481 | #575 | Down 44 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 11 | #9,151 | Down 2,343 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 533 | #531 | Down 19 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 17 | #6,808 | Down 622 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 583 | #512 | Up 82 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 20 | #6,186 | Up 6,820 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 465 | #594 | Down 62 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 7 | #13,006 | Down 4,953 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 524 | #532 | Down 38 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 14 | #8,053 | Up 82 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 553 | #494 | Up 12 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 14 | #8,135 | Up 497 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 526 | #506 | Down 29 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 13 | #8,632 | Down 436 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 555 | #477 | Down 49 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 14 | #8,196 | Up 1,035 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 645 | #428 | Down 9 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 12 | #9,231 | Up 148 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 687 | #419 | Down 16 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 12 | #9,379 | Down 1,270 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 730 | #403 | Up 68 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 15 | #8,109 | Up 3,521 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 573 | #471 | Up 67 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 9 | #11,630 | Down 1,729 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 469 | #538 | Up 6 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 11 | #9,901 | Up 4,601 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 444 | #544 | Down 129 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 6 | #14,502 | Down 2,878 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 625 | #415 | Down 150 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 8 | #11,624 | Down 4,417 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 1,213 | #265 | Down 21 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 15 | #7,207 | Down 509 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 1,392 | #244 | Down 22 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 16 | #6,698 | Down 876 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 1,552 | #222 | Up 16 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 19 | #5,822 | Down 1,173 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 1,432 | #238 | Up 85 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 25 | #4,649 | Up 69 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 860 | #323 | Down 60 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 23 | #4,718 | Up 2,814 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 1,104 | #263 | Up 290 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 12 | #7,532 | Down 688 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 350 | #553 | Up 712 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 13 | #6,844 | — |
| 1996 | Boys | 87 | #1,265 | Up 4,663 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 9 | #5,928 | Up 1,977 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | — |