Tobie

Where Tobie comes from

The dictionaries list Tobie as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1895
    Tobie Goedewaagen born
    Dutch NSB-official
  2. 1917
    First appearance
    #4,594 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1948
    Tobie Nathan born
    French psychologist and writer
  4. 1975
    Peak, #1,342
    80 babies named Tobie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,715.
  6. 2023
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Tobie Nathan · French psychologist and writer, born 1948
  • Tobie Goedewaagen · Dutch NSB-official, 1895–1980
  • Tobie Steinhouse · Canadian artist, born 1925

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.