Tobe
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to boys 97.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 949since 1880
Tobe over time
Rank among boys' names. Tobe has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tobe was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1906, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Tobe
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 400 spots in 1910 (#1,155 → #755)
- Biggest drop: 632 spots in 1911 (#755 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #431 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1880–1903
- Highest: 1 in 6,296 boys born in 1881 were named Tobe (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 14.3% of all boys named Tobe (136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 121 | #431 (1881) | #558 |
| 1890s | 91 | #594 (1894) | #737 |
| 1900s | 58 | #696 (1903) | #941 |
| 1910s | 136 | #755 (1910) | #1,832 |
| 1920s | 108 | #2,002 (1929) | #2,776 |
| 1930s | 55 | #1,889 (1930) | #2,717 |
| 1940s | 66 | #2,337 (1949) | #2,905 |
| 1950s | 42 | #2,375 (1957) | #3,267 |
| 1960s | 55 | #2,576 (1968) | #3,153 |
| 1970s | 91 | #2,799 (1974) | #3,444 |
| 1980s | 25 | #4,907 (1983) | #5,445 |
| 1990s | 15 | #6,618 (1997) | #7,246 |
| 2000s | 50 | #7,643 (2002) | #9,247 |
| 2010s | 20 | #8,789 (2013) | #10,122 |
| 2020s | 16 | #10,863 (2022) | #11,677 |
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.
Tobe in 1898
Top boys' names in 1898
More about 1898
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122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 12,269 of them was named Tobe, which outranked 45.6% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).