Kolbi
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KOL-bee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Kolbi is a name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Koli's farmstead”. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Kolbi mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Colbie, itself a spelling of Colby, an English place name from Old Norse
“Koli's farmstead”
From English place names such as Colby in Norfolk and Cumbria.
Meaning borrowed from Colbie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kolbi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kolbi has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the US.
How popular is Kolbi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Kolbi, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had the most girls named Kolbi of any year since it first appeared, in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Kolbi in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 442 girls in the US were given Kolbi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #654, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 67% of the babies named Kolbi in the US in 1999, and 85% in 2024.
Kolbi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Kolbi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Demi Zuri Nyomi Remi Kobi Kiyomi Kailani Kaylani Kalani Kyomi Alani Kali
Other spellings of Kolbi
Names related to Kolbi
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kolbi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kolbi, updated 20 October 2026.