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Tobin

#3,230 in 2025Boys' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Tobin has been given to 5,737 babies in the U.S. since 1941. In 2025 it ranked #3,230 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 163 recorded.

Babies named Tobin, 2025

1 in 89,600

Tobin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tobin: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Tobin means

Tobin is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Tobin is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈtoʊ.bɪn/ for Tobin.

The naming story behind Tobin

Tobin is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,570 boys were recorded with the name Tobin between 1941 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 163 in 2013; its best national rank was #720 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,765 in 2020 to #3,230 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,352 in 2015 to #3,230 in 2025.

In the United States, 167 girls were recorded with the name Tobin between 1960 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2016; its best national rank was #6,171 in 2016.

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 Tobin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 89,600
37 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 46,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,230
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
62,106 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tobin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 62,106 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tobin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tobins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tobin was born before 1996 — so the typical Tobin is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
22.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,537
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Choose a decade

2010s — 22.2% of all recorded uses (1,236).

Is Tobin 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
−403
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,465
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,878
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.7%
Peak was 2013 (163)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#720
1971

Spellings of Tobin

Tobin is not the most common spelling — Colin is, with 32.4% against Tobin's 1.3%.

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 Tobin is used

Across 2016–2025, Tobin was most concentrated in Washington — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 45,083 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Washington1 in 14,286
  2. 2Ohio1 in 20,000
  3. 3California1 in 33,333
  4. 4Colorado1 in 33,333
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in 33,333
  6. 6Virginia1 in 33,333
  7. 7Indiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 50,000

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.

Tobin around the world

Where Tobin 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
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2022–2022
    #414
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1970–2010
    #494
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Tobin

People whose public names include Tobin, 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.

Tobin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,230
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,465
Best rank ever
#720
1971
Peak year
2013
163 that year
First recorded
1941
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,570
Count in 2025
37

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,171
2016
Peak year
2016
21 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
167
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Tobin

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

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Names with a curve like Tobin

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

ThorBaronKavinReganGiuseppeDietrichLarsDarbyRoelMannyBroderickThane

Sibling names for Tobin

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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