Colbie

What Colbie means

Variant of Colby, meaning “charcoal + settlement”

variant of Colby || From either the Old Norse personal name Koli or kol (“charcoal”) + býr (“settlement”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Colbie” (revision 83842897) and “Colby” (revision 91708971), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Colbie?

US: Rising: up from #1354 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 303 girls got the name (#881 that year). First in the US records in 1983.

How common

• About 1 in 5,305 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 63,320 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ID (0.7 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.59 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Colbie is #881 in the US and #4867 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.7% of US babies named Colbie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kolbie102 US
• Kelbie5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Colbie

Girls

• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Callie#175Editor’s note Steady in the US: #195 in 2015 and #175 in 2025
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Gemma#170“jewel”^*
• Shiloh#281Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #605 in 2015, #281 in 2025

For a brother

• Colt#285From the word “colt”^*
• Graham#120“gravel + homestead”^*
• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records
• Knox#196“round hill”^*
• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Colbie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.