unisex NAME · CURRENTLY #615

Colby

KOHL-bee

“from Koli's farm”

An English surname-derived given name.

contemporarysurname-stylefamiliar
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Colby has traveled through time

131920 81925 81930 101935 61940 151945 211950 391955 321960 381965 1611970 3921975 2931980 8611985 1,2581990 1,5191995 1,6202000 1,6572005 1,2732010 7102015 4842020 5152025
LATEST YEAR2025515 births
PEAK RANK#99in 2001
CURRENT USAGE11.7% F88.3% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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