Boys' name · since 1956
Tobby
Tobby has 394 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 394
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
394 boys have been named Tobby since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tobby has 394 recorded births among boys since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2015.
- #9,109 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 394 born since 1956
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tobby ranks #9,109 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 394 born since 1956, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,109 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 394
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tobby's 394 recorded births place it above 79.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tobby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tobby's full recorded timeline at 1977, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tobby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2015
- Peak year (1977)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Tobby by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (233 births, 59% of the file).
1970s was Tobby's strongest decade.
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Tobby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 57
1960s
57 births
- 1970s
1970s
233 births
- 1980s 40
1980s
40 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 233 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tobby's data
- Tobby's decade-level peak was the 1970s (233 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Tobby: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1956–2015 (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 Tobby 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.