Colbi

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Colbi by the numbers

Colbi was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Colbi

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Colbi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Colbiecool stream; a form of Colby172 in the US (2017)
  • Colynvictory of the people; a form of Colin5 in the US (2017)
  • Coley25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Colbi

Names that are said the same way as Colbi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Colbycoal town; a place name surname222 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kolbydark settlement; variant of Colby199 in the US (2017)
  • Kolbiedark settlement; a variant of Colby67 in the US (2017)
  • Kolbi43 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Colbi

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