Kolby

Boy · recorded 1968–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.9 to 1)

  • #1,222in 2025
  • 1 in 10,351boys in 2025
  • −32%last ten years
  • 1.9×in North Carolina

Most popular in 2001. Quieter now: down 32% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1968

019038019681982199720112025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 56 recorded years as a table
Kolby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19683
19713
19727
197310
197413
197512
197613
197712
197813
197914
198020
198111
198228
198328
198428
198549
198645
198757
198856
198959
199075
1991101
1992106
199397
1994111
1995140
1996129
1997145
1998189
1999212
2000202
2001380
2002348
2003275
2004250
2005194
2006166
2007182
2008197
2009187
2010179
2011171
2012151
2013161
2014156
2015142
2016115
201790
2018100
201985
202098
202186
202291
202398
202491
202597

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. North Carolina 1.9×
  2. Ohio 1.7×
  3. Texas 0.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
165
Rank in 2025
#1,222
How rare
1 in 10,351 boys
Since 1968
11,650

Most popular in 2001, at 380 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 32% per million boys born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
North Carolina1.9×27
Ohio1.7×26
Texas0.9×44

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.