Colbe
Cölbe is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.
Meaning & Origin of Colbe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cölbe is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.
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The Story of Colbe
As a girl name
American parents first put Colbe on the record books as a girl name in 2001, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 6 Colbes were born — ranking #13,520 that year. Colbe last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Colbe on the record books as a boy name in 1998, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 21 Colbes were born — ranking #3,842 that year. About 74% of every Colbe on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Colbe last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 113 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Colbe
Colbe is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 113 births in the dataset. Colbe's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #3,842. Use the chart and map above to compare Colbe's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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