Tobie
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 59.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,390since 1917
Tobie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #1,342 | 80 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #1,428 | 71 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #1,361 | 73 | #1,696 | 27 |
| 1972 | #1,975 | 41 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Tobie! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tobie
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1975 at #1,342 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,223 girls born in 1975 were named Tobie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.5% of all girls named Tobie (465) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,291 (1918) | #4,443 |
| 1920s | 17 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,485 |
| 1930s | 17 | #2,579 (1938) | #3,181 |
| 1940s | 109 | #2,272 (1941) | #3,031 |
| 1950s | 157 | #2,376 (1958) | #2,875 |
| 1960s | 207 | #2,211 (1963) | #2,871 |
| 1970s | 465 | #1,342 (1975) | #2,163 |
| 1980s | 114 | #4,126 (1985) | #6,738 |
| 1990s | 101 | #5,896 (1999) | #8,543 |
| 2000s | 108 | #7,138 (2005) | #9,867 |
| 2010s | 58 | #8,701 (2010) | #13,401 |
| 2020s | 26 | #10,107 (2025) | #10,514 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tobie in 1886
Top boys' names in 1886
More about 1886
boys
110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Tobie, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.