Colby is a boy's name of English origin meaning “charcoal and settlement.” In 2024 it was given to 489 boys in the United States.
Colby belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “charcoal and settlement” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Colby first appears in Social Security records in 1888. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #99 in 2001, and in 2024 489 babies received the name — 53,512 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Colby means “charcoal and settlement” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Colby is a boy name. In 2024, 489 babies received the name in the US.
Colby comes from the English & American tradition.
Colby first appears in US records in 1888. Its best-ever ranking was #99 in 2001, and 489 babies were given the name in 2024.
Colby is pronounced /ˈkəʊl.bi/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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