Kolby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-bee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,222 for boys
Kolby is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Koli's farm or settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 1,222nd for boys in the US (165 babies).
What does Kolby mean?
English: spelling of Colby, an English place name of Old Norse origin
“Koli's farm or settlement”
Colby is a place name in Norfolk and Cumbria, formed from the Old Norse personal name Koli and by, meaning farmstead.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kolby a girl's or a boy's name?
Kolby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 42 girls and 165 boys in the US.
How popular is Kolby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Kolby, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 37 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kolby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were given Kolby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #931, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Kolby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 37 | #930 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Kolby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,222among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 165about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 165 boys in the US were named Kolby, making it the 1,222nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,144th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 739 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968. 42 girls were also named Kolby in 2025 (3,576th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kolby in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 258 boys in the US were given Kolby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #847, up from #1,222 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 20% of the babies named Kolby in the US were girls.
Kolby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | #1,222 |
| 2024 | 156 | #1,262 |
| 2023 | 167 | #1,197 |
| 2022 | 159 | #1,237 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,262 |
| 2020 | 170 | #1,144 |
| 2019 | 153 | #1,234 |
| 2018 | 182 | #1,086 |
| 2017 | 166 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 219 | #950 |
| 2015 | 272 | #828 |
| 2014 | 300 | #776 |
| 2013 | 304 | #749 |
| 2012 | 286 | #791 |
| 2011 | 325 | #705 |
| 2010 | 344 | #684 |
| 2009 | 371 | #662 |
| 2008 | 401 | #618 |
| 2007 | 378 | #642 |
| 2006 | 341 | #669 |
| 2005 | 387 | #585 |
| 2004 | 497 | #493 |
| 2003 | 543 | #464 |
| 2002 | 676 | #384 |
| 2001 | 739 | #359 |
| 2000 | 396 | #542 |
| 1999 | 407 | #521 |
| 1998 | 361 | #550 |
| 1997 | 274 | #628 |
| 1996 | 244 | #672 |
| 1995 | 267 | #630 |
| 1994 | 215 | #712 |
| 1993 | 191 | #754 |
| 1992 | 212 | #703 |
| 1991 | 205 | #704 |
| 1990 | 155 | #815 |
| 1989 | 119 | #929 |
| 1988 | 108 | #915 |
| 1987 | 106 | #913 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,014 |
| 1985 | 90 | #962 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Kolby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Sonny Hunter Marley Remy Grayson Jaxon Cody Riley Hudson Cooper Mason
Other spellings of Kolby
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kolby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kolby, updated 20 October 2026.