Given name
Kolbey
“a dark-haired man”
Kolbey is a variant of Kolby. One German interpretation is “a dark-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kolbey is a variant of Kolby. One German interpretation is “a dark-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kolbey connects to the Colby name family through Kolby. 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 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kolbey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 265
- 243 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,421 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,421 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 272 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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