boy's name

Coleby

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 264

Coleby is a boy's name. In 2010 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2001, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1984.

Coleby over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2010, not a full ten years.

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Births named Coleby by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 18
1990s 100
2000s 101
2010s (to 2010) 6

How popular is Coleby?

In 2010, Coleby was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Coleby is used

Canada #1,608 6 in 1994
England & Wales #3,087 7 in 2024
United States #11,358 6 in 2010

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Coleby

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Coleby also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Coleby over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Coleby

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Coleby — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Coleby

How popular is the name Coleby?

In 2010, Coleby was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Coleby a girl's or a boy's name?

Coleby is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Coleby most popular?

Coleby peaked in 2001, when 19 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.