Given name
Colbey
“from the coal town”
Colbey is a variant of Colby. One English interpretation is “from the coal town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Colbey is a variant of Colby. One English interpretation is “from the coal town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Colbey is a variant of Colby. An origin associated with Colby is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Colbey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 551
- 523 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 556 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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