Girls' name · since 1918
Toba
453 babies named Toba in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,564 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 453
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
453 babies have been named Toba since 1918, making it today's #7168 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Toba has been recorded 453 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #7168 nationally and more common than 59% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #12,564 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,168 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 453 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Toba ranks #12,564 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,168 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 453 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,564 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 453
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Toba's 453 recorded births place it above 82.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Toba compares
453 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Toba's all-time total is 20% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Toba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 453 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Toba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Toba splits its recorded history at 2002: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1931 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Toba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Toba by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Toba's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Toba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 35
1940s
35 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 49
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (30% of all-time use).
Toba by state
Where Toba concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 181 | 40.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 17 | 3.8% |
181 of 453 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Toba's data
- Toba's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (92) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Tobas (181 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Toba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Toba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.