Kolbe
Boy · KOHL-bee · Germanic
Kolbe is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,932nd for boys in the US (80 babies).
What does Kolbe mean?
Germanic: German surname
Honours Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish friar who gave his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz in 1941.
- Say it
- KOHL-bee
Is Kolbe a girl's or a boy's name?
Kolbe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 80 boys in the US.
How popular is Kolbe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,932among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were named Kolbe, making it the 1,932nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 102 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989. 9 girls were also named Kolbe in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kolbe in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 258 boys in the US were given Kolbe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #847, up from #1,932 for this spelling alone.
Kolbe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #1,932 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,921 |
| 2023 | 85 | #1,868 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,055 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,203 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 57 | #2,281 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 80 | #1,540 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 68 | #1,677 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 52 | #1,868 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
Names like Kolbe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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