Tobby
Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 36 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 394since 1956
Tobby over time
Rank among boys' names. Tobby has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
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| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
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| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
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| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
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| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #1,546 | 36 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
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| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
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| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tobby! It came in at #3,942, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Tobby
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1977 at #1,546 (36 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 45,645 boys born in 1977 were named Tobby (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,349 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 59.1% of all boys named Tobby (233) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 | #2,663 (1959) | #3,303 |
| 1960s | 57 | #1,977 (1969) | #3,049 |
| 1970s | 233 | #1,546 (1977) | #2,032 |
| 1980s | 40 | #3,838 (1980) | #4,754 |
| 1990s | 32 | #6,816 (1993) | #7,233 |
| 2000s | 12 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,632 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,086 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tobby in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 45,645 of them was named Tobby, which outranked 77.5% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,515Thor37
- #1,515Tori37
- #1,515Wilford37
- #1,546Tobby36
- #1,546Cecilio36
- #1,546Creighton36
- #1,546Denton36
- #1,571Ambrose35
- #1,571Armond35
- #1,571Buford35
Tied with 24 names at #1,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.