girls:
804 births since 1984
#4912 (14th percentile)
boys:
313 births since 1990
#4273 (7th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1984
#6622 (14th percentile)
The name Kolbi is the #6,622 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,117 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 14.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,912 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 804 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #4,273 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 313 births since 1990.
Kolbi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 1990 for boys).
The name Kolbi has been given predominantly to girls, with 72.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 80.0% of babies named Kolbi were girls.
For girls, Kolbi reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #907) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kolbi ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 81.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kolbi reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #809) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kolbi ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 37.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kolbi".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kolbi is pronounced as KOHL-bee, which has 2 syllables.
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