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Tobie

#10,834 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Tobie has been given to 2,321 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #10,834 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1975, with 80 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% girls, 40% boys all-time.

Babies named Tobie, 2025

1 in 368,000

Tobie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Tobie over time

In 2025, Tobie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18862025

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.

Tobie: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tobie means

Tobie is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Tobie is used in English and French.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Tobie is pronounced /tɔ.bi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,390 girls were recorded with the name Tobie between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 80 in 1975; its best national rank was #1,349 in 1975.

In the United States, 931 boys were recorded with the name Tobie between 1886 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1973; its best national rank was #958 in 1904.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tobie?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,834
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tobie 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tobie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tobies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tobie was born before 1973 — so the typical Tobie is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
33.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,236
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1970s — 33.5% of all recorded uses (465).

Is Tobie 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
+1,228
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
11.3%
Peak was 1975 (80)
Years since peak
50
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,349
1975

Spellings of Tobie

Tobie is not the most common spelling — Robin is, with 30.0% against Tobie's 0.14%.

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 Tobie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tobie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 615,304 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Missouri1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

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. Tobie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tobie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tobie was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,126,568 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Tobie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tobie around the world

Where Tobie 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
    2003–2019
    #5,591
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1973–2004
    #700
    in 2004

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.

Tobie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,834
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,349
1975
Peak year
1975
80 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,390
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#958
1904
Peak year
1973
27 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
931
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Tobie

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

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Sibling names for Tobie

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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