Tobijah vs Toby

Side-by-side comparison of Tobijah and Toby — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Tobijah

Boy name

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Name B

Toby

Boy name · Rank #1099

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Metric Tobijah Toby
Current Rank Unranked #1099
Total Births (all years) 16 34,846
Peak Year 2006 1975
Peak Year Births 6 1,191
Peak Decade 2000ss 1970ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1997 1882

Births by Decade

Decade Tobijah Toby
1880ss — 10
1890ss — 6
1900ss — 32
1910ss — 163
1920ss — 253
1930ss — 501
1940ss — 1,240
1950ss — 2,124
1960ss — 4,359
1970ss — 9,884
1980ss — 3,759
1990ss 5 3,127
2000ss 6 4,855
2010ss 5 3,403
2020ss — 1,130

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Tobijah Toby
2014 — 446
2015 — 371
2016 5 316
2017 — 284
2018 — 271
2019 — 226
2020 — 172
2021 — 193
2022 — 177
2023 — 158
2024 — 196
2025 — 234

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1997–2016.

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