# Kolby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kolby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,001 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,650 / 1,351 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 243, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Colby.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 4,195 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,748 |
| 2013 | 47 | 3,385 |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,255 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,192 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,963 |
| 2017 | 35 | 4,186 |
| 2018 | 26 | 5,085 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,235 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,403 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,171 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,977 |
| 2023 | 46 | 3,456 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,930 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,618 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 325 | 705 |
| 2012 | 286 | 791 |
| 2013 | 304 | 749 |
| 2014 | 300 | 777 |
| 2015 | 272 | 828 |
| 2016 | 219 | 950 |
| 2017 | 166 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 182 | 1,088 |
| 2019 | 153 | 1,237 |
| 2020 | 170 | 1,146 |
| 2021 | 151 | 1,263 |
| 2022 | 159 | 1,238 |
| 2023 | 167 | 1,199 |
| 2024 | 156 | 1,265 |
| 2025 | 165 | 1,225 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.