Kolby
Kolby is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Kolby Allard, American baseball player Kolby Carlile, American Flat Track racer Kolby Koloff, American musician Kolby LaCrone, American soccer player Kolby Listenbee, American football player Kolby Smith, American football player
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kolby
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kolby is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Kolby Allard, American baseball player Kolby Carlile, American Flat Track racer Kolby Koloff, American musician Kolby LaCrone, American soccer player Kolby Listenbee, American football player Kolby Smith, American football player
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kolby
As a girl name
Kolby first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1978, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 55 births, good for #2,671 nationwide. About 24% of every Kolby on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kolby ranks #3,463 for girls with 45 births, rising sharply (+48% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Kolby as a boy name dates back to 1968, when 5 babies received it. 2001 was its biggest year on record, with 739 newborns named Kolby — #359 in the national rankings. About 40% of every Kolby on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kolby ranks #1,271 for boys with 156 births, holding steady (-3%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kolby
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kolby. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kolby
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About the name Kolby
Kolby is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Kolby's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #359. Use the chart and map above to compare Kolby'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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