Tobe — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tobe

The Social Security Administration has registered 949 babies named Tobe between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tobe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tobe performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tobe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tobe in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tobe 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 949 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.