Kobe dog name

We found 968 dogs named Kobe in the public pet registers of 22 places. Combining all places, Kobe is the #148 dog name. Almost all dogs named Kobe are male.

🐱 Kobe is also a cat name (#694 for cats, 13 cats).

Kobe as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #229 of 51,228 301 7.3 2003–2026
New York City United States #92 of 34,500 471 14 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #109 of 10,500 70 14 2019
Seattle United States #308 of 8,191 13 5.1 2026
Playford Australia #286 of 4,586 9 5.4 2015
Cambridge United States #214 of 4,375 9 7.1 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #49 of 4,602 24 20 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #1,075 of 5,788 1 1.00 2025
Noosa Australia #465 of 3,045 3 3.1 2017
Laval Canada #70 of 2,965 17 20 2017–2026
Worcester United States #80 of 2,906 13 18 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #88 of 2,440 10 16 2026
Basel Switzerland #219 of 3,446 4 6.3 2026
Victoria Canada #314 of 2,588 3 4.9 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #233 of 1,974 4 7.2 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #410 of 2,062 2 3.8 2016
Burnside Australia #364 of 1,888 2 3.9 2015
Richmond United States #310 of 2,347 2 4.7 2018
Tacoma United States #100 of 1,917 5 14 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #374 of 1,161 1 3.8 2023
Port Moody Canada #126 of 1,280 3 13 2019
Fusagasugá Colombia #121 of 498 1 10 2021–2025

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Kobe. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

96% male

33 female and 824 male dogs named Kobe, in the places that record sex.

Kobe over the years

Toronto
2012
2015
2020
2025
New York City – rising
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
Allegheny County
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025

Dogs named Kobe per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Kobe

Compared to all dogs, Kobe is especially common among Shiba Inus (4.5×), Maltipoos (2.4×), Morkies (2.0×), Shih Tzus (1.9×) and Boston Terriers (1.9×).

Based on 801 dogs named Kobe with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Kobe as a baby name

Kobe was the #518 boys' name in the US in 2025 (578 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #65 for boys in Belgium (Flanders), #152 for boys in New Zealand, #344 for boys in Northern Ireland and #372 for boys in England and Wales. See Kobe as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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