Colby

“Coal town, or Koli's settlement” — Old Norse origin

Boy's name · #615 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Colby's best rank, #99, came in 2001; it has stepped well back to #615 today. Roughly 54,000 boys have been named Colby since 1888. In New Hampshire and Maine it runs 4–6× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Kolby (#1225), Colby would rank around #486 with about 620 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Colby and Kolby.

Around the world: about 1 in 830 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,200 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Colbys

Colby O'Donis — American singer
Colby Covington — American mixed martial artist (born 1988)
Colby Stevenson — American freestyle skier
Colby Cave — Canadian ice hockey player
Colby Ruckle — Canadian First World War flying ace (1893-1944)

In stories & tradition

Colby Granger — Numbers
Colby Thorne — Home and Away

What Colbys become

Among 120 notable people named Colby:

Sports figures appear 2.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Colby Covington, American mixed martial artist (born 1988).

Similar names: Kolby · Skyler · Collin · Toby · Peyton · Cole

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