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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 216,253 of them was named Tobie, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 716 names at #4,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 115,685 of them was named Tobie, which outranked 35.8% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,732Yoshimi9
- #2,732Zigmont9
- #2,732Zigmunt9
- #2,956Tobie8
- #2,956Able8
- #2,956Adalbert8
- #2,956Addis8
- #3,217Abelino7
- #3,217Ac7
- #3,217Achilles7
Tied with 260 names at #2,956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.