Colby
Rank in 2025
#2822
recorded as girls
#615
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
515
girls 60 · boys 455
Peak year
2001
3,859 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
58,155
since 1888
Born a Colby? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Colby was most popular in 2001, when 3,859 babies recorded as boys got the name (2.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 455 babies were named Colby, ranking #615 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | 2822 | 455 | 615 |
| 2024 | 49 | 3225 | 490 | 583 |
| 2023 | 47 | 3386 | 467 | 607 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2689 | 469 | 600 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2958 | 420 | 651 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3399 | 439 | 618 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3272 | 447 | 612 |
| 2018 | 42 | 3614 | 459 | 597 |
| 2017 | 47 | 3346 | 465 | 584 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3996 | 558 | 529 |
| 2015 | 45 | 3478 | 665 | 456 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3137 | 717 | 427 |
| 2013 | 33 | 4336 | 746 | 400 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3364 | 909 | 341 |
| 2011 | 57 | 2989 | 1,026 | 314 |
| 2010 | 66 | 2691 | 1,207 | 280 |
| 2009 | 72 | 2568 | 1,152 | 285 |
| 2008 | 70 | 2630 | 1,256 | 273 |
| 2007 | 68 | 2684 | 1,221 | 283 |
| 2006 | 44 | 3564 | 1,272 | 272 |
| 2005 | 54 | 2969 | 1,603 | 220 |
| 2004 | 71 | 2396 | 2,066 | 185 |
| 2003 | 85 | 2084 | 2,170 | 181 |
| 2002 | 119 | 1564 | 3,118 | 125 |
| 2001 | 120 | 1540 | 3,859 | 99 |
| 2000 | 155 | 1262 | 1,465 | 234 |
| 1999 | 138 | 1309 | 1,507 | 224 |
| 1998 | 88 | 1774 | 1,456 | 220 |
| 1997 | 90 | 1718 | 1,357 | 229 |
| 1996 | 102 | 1551 | 1,344 | 225 |
| 1995 | 108 | 1474 | 1,411 | 209 |
| 1994 | 142 | 1229 | 1,449 | 200 |
| 1993 | 134 | 1271 | 1,519 | 200 |
| 1992 | 155 | 1138 | 1,574 | 197 |
| 1991 | 124 | 1328 | 1,515 | 202 |
| 1990 | 129 | 1265 | 1,129 | 245 |
| 1989 | 105 | 1414 | 1,032 | 250 |
| 1988 | 102 | 1384 | 922 | 255 |
| 1987 | 138 | 1098 | 870 | 257 |
| 1986 | 125 | 1142 | 891 | 253 |
| 1985 | 146 | 1030 | 715 | 286 |
| 1984 | 129 | 1080 | 759 | 276 |
| 1983 | 82 | 1423 | 656 | 300 |
| 1982 | 31 | 2901 | 494 | 360 |
| 1981 | 17 | 4344 | 242 | 539 |
| 1980 | 31 | 2866 | 262 | 531 |
| 1979 | 29 | 2931 | 298 | 478 |
| 1978 | 25 | 3098 | 289 | 479 |
| 1977 | 41 | 2216 | 298 | 467 |
| 1976 | 41 | 2099 | 320 | 432 |
| 1975 | 42 | 2060 | 350 | 413 |
| 1974 | 40 | 2066 | 330 | 435 |
| 1973 | 26 | 2689 | 309 | 445 |
| 1972 | 21 | 3062 | 209 | 551 |
| 1971 | 19 | 3373 | 209 | 559 |
| 1970 | 19 | 3311 | 142 | 695 |
| 1969 | 12 | 4198 | 83 | 841 |
| 1968 | 10 | 4489 | 74 | 844 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 42 | 1150 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 38 | 1216 |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | 32 | 1360 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6009 | 29 | 1462 |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | 33 | 1354 |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | 26 | 1546 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 41 | 1233 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 32 | 1400 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6245 | 29 | 1467 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6103 | 22 | 1677 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6086 | 31 | 1411 |
| 1956 | 5 | 5952 | 28 | 1480 |
| 1955 | 14 | 3095 | 25 | 1538 |
| 1954 | 6 | 5148 | 19 | 1762 |
| 1953 | 9 | 3955 | 17 | 1900 |
| 1952 | 9 | 3796 | 26 | 1485 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 14 | 2055 |
| 1950 | 7 | 4315 | 14 | 2019 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 24 | 1501 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 25 | 1460 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 17 | 1850 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 8 | 2690 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 15 | 1772 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 16 | 1738 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 10 | 2405 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 9 | 2523 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 7 | 2872 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 6 | 3130 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 9 | 2449 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 10 | 2326 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 10 | 2396 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 10 | 2703 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 8 | 3139 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 8 | 3155 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 9 | 3023 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 8 | 3252 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 13 | 2376 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 8 | 3115 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 7 | 3368 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 9 | 2732 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 8 | 2926 |
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| 1888 | <5 | — | 5 | 1031 |
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Where Colby is most popular
- New Hampshire7.7×
- Maine7.1×
- Massachusetts2.5×
- Mississippi2.1×
- Kansas1.9×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 7% · boys 93% across all years