Koben
Myōe (明恵) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name Kōben. He was a contemporary of Jōkei and Hōnen.
Meaning & Origin of Koben
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Myōe (明恵) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period who also went by the name Kōben. He was a contemporary of Jōkei and Hōnen.
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The Story of Koben
The earliest SSA record of Koben as a baby boy name dates back to 1998, when 8 babies received it. 2019 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Koben — #6,404 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Koben on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Koben last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 165 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Koben
Koben is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 165 births in the dataset. Koben's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #6,404. Use the chart and map above to compare Koben's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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