Kobe is a boy's name of Japanese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 787 boys in the United States.
Kobe belongs to the Japanese and English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Kobe first appears in Social Security records in 1989. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #222 in 2001, and in 2024 787 babies received the name — 21,923 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Kobe is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Kobe is a boy name. In 2024, 787 babies received the name in the US.
Kobe comes from the Japanese, English & American and African tradition.
Kobe first appears in US records in 1989. Its best-ever ranking was #222 in 2001, and 787 babies were given the name in 2024.
Kobe is pronounced /ˈkəʊˌbiː/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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