Recorded 1990–2017 Unisex name Peak 2009 237 births

Kolbey — boys' name

237 babies named Kolbey in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s772000s1162010s44
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Kolbey was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

18 babies were named Kolbey in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kolbey

The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Kolbey between 1990 and 2017, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kolbey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Kolbey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 1999.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kolbey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kolbey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kolbey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 237 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Kolbey at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

237

Since 1990

28 years of records

Peak year

2009

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1990

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2017

Kolbey popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1990

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2009)
18
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
05101520 20172011200720031999199519911990 5

Kolbey popularity over time — girls

22 total births recorded since 1999 (Kolbey as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 22 births
4.555.566.577.5 2011200320011999 7

Kolbey by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
116 births that decade — 49% of Kolbey's all-time total
1990s772000s1162010s44

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kolbey?
237 babies have been named Kolbey since 1990. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2009 with 18 births.
When was Kolbey most popular?
Kolbey was most popular in the 2000s decade with 116 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Is Kolbey a unisex name?
Yes, Kolbey is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 237 births, and as a girl's name it has 22 births.
How long has the name Kolbey been used?
Kolbey has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 28 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Kolbey?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kolton, Kolby, Kole, Kolten, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.