Kolby

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kolby: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kolby: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #312, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#312highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2009	#2544
2011	#3300
2012	#2721
2013	#1462
2014	#1935
2015	#1673
2016	#1903
2017	#3040
2018	#1382
2019	#1506
2020	#1051
2021	#1329
2022	#1609
2023	#1042
2024	#1322

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1322 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2023
Highest recorded position: #312 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2013–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kolby appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 223 births with the name.

Kolby across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kolby's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#1042 (2023)	#1322 (2024)	16 of 20	223 (2005–2024)	28 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2013)	#312 (2023)	#312 (2023)	2 of 11	8 (2013–2023)	5 (2023)

Kolby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kolby in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	2 of 10	5
2010s	105	9 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	108	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kolby appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #312 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Kolby's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #312, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kojo · #1703, 21y
Kolbjørn · #128, 49y
Kole · #348, 28y
Kolton · #303, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Auguste · #311, 20y
Cael · #311, 21y
Dovydas · #311, 19y
Ksawery · #311, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Auguste · #311, 20y
Dovydas · #311, 19y
Ella-Grace · #313, 22y
Ksawery · #311, 18y

Kolby was ranked #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kolby and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kolby without appearing here.

Kolby moved ahead of

Isak Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #2052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1382 and #4749.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3849 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1673 and #4747.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1462 and #3822.
Nicola Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3300 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1462 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Kolby

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1042 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Kolby

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 while Aaron went from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 while Alan went from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 while Alex went from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Kolby

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 and Albie from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 and Alfred from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 and Archie from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kolby went from #3849 to #1322 and Arlo from #766 to #15.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #312 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kolby

Kolby at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kolby across 2 official records

Kolby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kolby appears in

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Kolby at a glance

Kolby across 2 official records

Kolby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Kolby

Kolby and the names beside it

Kolby moved ahead of

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