Tobenna — #7489 US boys' name
257 babies named Tobenna in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Tobenna was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Tobenna in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tobenna
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Tobenna between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tobenna currently holds the #7489 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tobenna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tobenna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tobenna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tobenna 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 257 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.
Tobenna at a glance
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Current rank
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Tobenna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2023)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #7489 among boys.
257 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 21 births in a single year.
Tobenna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 117 births that decade — 46% of Tobenna's all-time total
Tobenna decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tobenna's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Tobenna by state
Where Tobenna concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 41 | 16.0% |
41 of 257 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 16.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 16.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.