Tobby — boys' name
394 babies named Tobby in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Tobby was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Tobby in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tobby
The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Tobby between 1956 and 2015, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tobby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tobby performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tobby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tobby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 394 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tobby at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tobby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1956
- Peak year (1977)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
394 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 36 births in a single year.
Tobby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 233 births that decade — 59% of Tobby's all-time total
Tobby decade highlights
- Peak decade 233 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tobby's strongest decade
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.