Colby

Boy name

Colby has been given to 58,155 babies in the U.S. since 1888. It peaked in 2001 and currently ranks #615 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈkəʊl.bi/

From either the Old Norse personal name Koli or kol (“charcoal”) + býr (“settlement”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

58,155

Peak year

2001 (3,979 babies)

Rank in 2025

#615 for boys

First recorded

1888

10-year trend

▼ -27%

Gender split

7% girls / 93% boys

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Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Colby.

57,874 babies since 1924

58,556 babies since 1880

58,635 babies since 1913

57,291 babies since 1898

57,262 babies since 1915

56,010 babies since 1883

55,489 babies since 1880

61,055 babies since 1914

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