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Baby name
Colby
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7% girls / 93% boys
Origin of the name
Colby was first an English place name of Norse origin.
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Short-lived name
Where babies named Colby are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Colby is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Colby is most common in Maine (5.4 times), Vermont (4.6) and New Hampshire (4.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Colby are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Colby is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Colby is most common in California (1.4 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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- Kolby 1,351
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1920s | 0% | 100% |
| 1930s | 0% | 100% |
| 1940s | 0% | 100% |
| 1950s | 22% | 78% |
| 1960s | 10% | 90% |
| 1970s | 10% | 90% |
| 1980s | 12% | 88% |
| 1990s | 8% | 92% |
| 2000s | 4% | 96% |
| 2010s | 6% | 94% |
| 2020s | 10% | 90% |