Masculine dossier · first seen 1888

Colby

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Colby
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

3,859

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1888Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

87.3%

2024

489

All-time

53,512

Colby has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 3,859 boys were named Colby.

In 2024, only 489 boys were given the name.

Down 87.3% from its peak.

All told, about 53,512 Americans have been named Colby and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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