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Tobi

#8,311 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Tobi has been given to 3,567 babies in the U.S. since 1934. In 2025 it ranked #8,311 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1975, with 150 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% girls, 18% boys all-time.

Babies named Tobi, 2025

1 in 255,000

Tobi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tobi over time

In 2025, Tobi went to 30% girls and 70% boys.

19342025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tobi: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tobi means

Tobi is a given name.

The naming story behind Tobi

Wikidata records Tobi as a given name, unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q19968409, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,936 girls were recorded with the name Tobi between 1934 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 150 in 1975; its best national rank was #888 in 1975.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,610 in 2020 to #8,311 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,401 in 2015 to #8,311 in 2025.

In the United States, 631 boys were recorded with the name Tobi between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,801 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,840 in 2020 to #3,648 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,264 in 2015 to #3,648 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Tobi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 124,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,311
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tobi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tobi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tobis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tobi was born before 1974 — so the typical Tobi is around 51 today.

Median birth year
1974
About 51 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
31.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,787
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1970s — 31.9% of all recorded uses (938).

Is Tobi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,407
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,701
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+90
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.93×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.7%
Peak was 1975 (150)
Years since peak
50
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#888
1975

Spellings of Tobi

Tobi is not the most common spelling — Lori is, with 29.4% against Tobi's 0.25%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Tobi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tobi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 127,484 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 100,000
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tobi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tobi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tobi was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,326,346 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tobi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tobi around the world

Where Tobi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2021
    #5,581
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1970–2003
    #739
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Tobi

People whose public names include Tobi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Tobi in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Tobi. Linked forms have their own page here.

TobyTobiaTobieTuviaTobiasThobiasTopiTobbeTobitTobiášTopiasTóbiásTobiasz

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Tobi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,311
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,701
Best rank ever
#888
1975
Peak year
1975
150 that year
First recorded
1934
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,936
Count in 2025
13

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,648
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,192
Best rank ever
#2,801
1971
Peak year
2023
36 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
631
Count in 2025
31

Names similar to Tobi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Tobi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Tobi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Tobi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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