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Colbie

Mostly boys · KOL-bee · Old Norse

Colbie is a name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Koli's farmstead”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 881st for girls in the US (303 babies).

What does Colbie mean?

Old Norse: spelling of Colby, an English place name from Old Norse

“Koli's farmstead”

From English place names such as Colby in Norfolk and Cumbria.

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KOL-bee

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Is Colbie a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Colbie has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 19 boys in the UK and 303 girls and 7 boys in the US.

How popular is Colbie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,473among boys
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 119% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Colbie, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 boys. 4 girls were also named Colbie in 2025 (4,935th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Colbie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 264 boys in the UK were given Colbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #219, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.

In 2008, 76% of the babies named Colbie in the UK were girls. By 2025 it was 17%, with more boys than girls since 2018.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 27 in 20242025
Colbie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202519#1,473
202427#1,137
202324#1,247
202221#1,364
202113#1,876
20209#2,359
201913#1,858
201810#2,234
20174#4,161
20165#3,655
20156#3,149
20144#4,063
20137#2,792
20121#6,332
20119#2,311
20106#3,092
20097#2,679
20085#3,305
20070–
20063#4,204
20050–
20043#3,792
20030–
20021#4,262
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19973#2,979

How popular is Colbie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#881among girls
Babies in 2025
303about 1 in 5,300 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 303 girls in the US were named Colbie, making it the 881st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,149th. It first appears in the records in 1983. 7 boys were also named Colbie in 2025 (9,710th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Colbie of any year since it first appeared, in 1983.

Half of all the girls named Colbie in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 442 girls in the US were given Colbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #654, up from #881 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 69% of the babies named Colbie in the US in 1999, and 98% in 2025.

1983Busiest: 303 in 20252025
Colbie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025303#881
2024221#1,105
2023225#1,094
2022229#1,089
2021175#1,293
2020206#1,149
2019172#1,326
2018153#1,442
2017172#1,348
2016187#1,286
2015175#1,354
2014171#1,362
2013174#1,338
2012180#1,307
2011179#1,311
2010163#1,402
2009132#1,687
2008163#1,445
200731#4,674
20065#17,163
200515#7,495
20046#14,172
200316#6,880
200218#6,124
200116#6,614
200025#4,644
199931#3,800
199813#7,099
199710#8,329
19969#8,807
199516#5,672
199413#6,666
199317#5,413
199215#6,001
199118#5,175
19909#8,495
198910#7,443
19888#8,386
19870–
19867#8,518
198514#5,075
19848#7,396
19839#6,703

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