Boys' name · since 1970
Toben
128 babies named Toben in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,833 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 128
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Toben sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 128 recorded since 1970.
Toben has 128 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2021.
- #15,833 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 128 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Toben ranks #15,833 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,833 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 128
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Toben's 128 recorded births place it above 65.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Toben's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Toben's full recorded timeline at 2009, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Toben popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2021
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Toben by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (58 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Toben's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Toben births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 58 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Toben's decade-level peak was the 2000s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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 Toben: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1970–2021 (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 Toben 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.