Colby*
#461 most common boys' name of all time · #1,000 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1888–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#461
Rank overall
#1,000 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
58,155
Since 2016
5,164
Peak year
2001 #99
Best rank
#99 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 3,979/yr
Colby first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | 455 | 515 | #615 |
| 2024 | 49 | 490 | 539 | #583 |
| 2023 | 47 | 467 | 514 | #608 |
| 2022 | 64 | 469 | 533 | #600 |
| 2021 | 56 | 420 | 476 | #651 |
| 2020 | 45 | 439 | 484 | #618 |
| 2019 | 48 | 447 | 495 | #612 |
| 2018 | 42 | 459 | 501 | #597 |
| 2017 | 47 | 465 | 512 | #584 |
| 2016 | 37 | 558 | 595 | #529 |
| 2015 | 45 | 665 | 710 | #457 |
| 2014 | 52 | 717 | 769 | #427 |
| 2013 | 33 | 746 | 779 | #400 |
| 2012 | 48 | 909 | 957 | #341 |
| 2011 | 57 | 1,026 | 1,083 | #314 |
| 2010 | 66 | 1,207 | 1,273 | #280 |
| 2009 | 72 | 1,152 | 1,224 | #285 |
| 2008 | 70 | 1,256 | 1,326 | #274 |
| 2007 | 68 | 1,221 | 1,289 | #283 |
| 2006 | 44 | 1,272 | 1,316 | #272 |
| 2005 | 54 | 1,603 | 1,657 | #220 |
| 2004 | 71 | 2,066 | 2,137 | #185 |
| 2003 | 85 | 2,170 | 2,255 | #181 |
| 2002 | 119 | 3,118 | 3,237 | #125 |
| 2001 | 120 | 3,859 | 3,979 | #99 |
| 2000 | 155 | 1,465 | 1,620 | #234 |
| 1999 | 138 | 1,507 | 1,645 | #224 |
| 1998 | 88 | 1,456 | 1,544 | #220 |
| 1997 | 90 | 1,357 | 1,447 | #229 |
| 1996 | 102 | 1,344 | 1,446 | #225 |
| 1995 | 108 | 1,411 | 1,519 | #209 |
| 1994 | 142 | 1,449 | 1,591 | #200 |
| 1993 | 134 | 1,519 | 1,653 | #200 |
| 1992 | 155 | 1,574 | 1,729 | #197 |
| 1991 | 124 | 1,515 | 1,639 | #202 |
| 1990 | 129 | 1,129 | 1,258 | #245 |
| 1989 | 105 | 1,032 | 1,137 | #250 |
| 1988 | 102 | 922 | 1,024 | #255 |
| 1987 | 138 | 870 | 1,008 | #257 |
| 1986 | 125 | 891 | 1,016 | #253 |
| 1985 | 146 | 715 | 861 | #286 |
| 1984 | 129 | 759 | 888 | #276 |
| 1983 | 82 | 656 | 738 | #300 |
| 1982 | 31 | 494 | 525 | #360 |
| 1981 | 17 | 242 | 259 | #540 |
| 1980 | 31 | 262 | 293 | #532 |
| 1979 | 29 | 298 | 327 | #479 |
| 1978 | 25 | 289 | 314 | #479 |
| 1977 | 41 | 298 | 339 | #467 |
| 1976 | 41 | 320 | 361 | #433 |
| 1975 | 42 | 350 | 392 | #415 |
| 1974 | 40 | 330 | 370 | #436 |
| 1973 | 26 | 309 | 335 | #445 |
| 1972 | 21 | 209 | 230 | #552 |
| 1971 | 19 | 209 | 228 | #561 |
| 1970 | 19 | 142 | 161 | #699 |
| 1969 | 12 | 83 | 95 | #843 |
| 1968 | 10 | 74 | 84 | #848 |
| 1967 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,155 |
| 1966 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,226 |
| 1965 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,368 |
| 1964 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #1,469 |
| 1963 | 6 | 33 | 39 | #1,362 |
| 1962 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #1,560 |
| 1961 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,241 |
| 1960 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,418 |
| 1959 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #1,479 |
| 1958 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,692 |
| 1957 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #1,424 |
| 1956 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #1,491 |
| 1955 | 14 | 25 | 39 | #1,550 |
| 1954 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #1,781 |
| 1953 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #1,920 |
| 1952 | 9 | 26 | 35 | #1,491 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 1950 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,046 |
| 1949 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1948 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,469 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,871 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1944 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,766 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,450 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,575 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,205 |
| 1939 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1938 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,371 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,976 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,352 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,336 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,859 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,836 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,035 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,901 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,747 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,182 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,202 |
| 1924 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,517 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,301 |
| 1921 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,402 |
| 1920 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,369 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,159 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,422 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,773 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,977 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,150 |