Tobi — #6663 US unisex name
2,923 babies named Tobi in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Tobi was born in this single decade.
150 babies were named Tobi in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tobi
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,923 babies named Tobi between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tobi currently holds the #6663 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 150 babies received it in a single year. Tobi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 600 additional births since 1966.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tobi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 938 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Tobi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 245 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tobi in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tobi 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 2,923 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.
Tobi at a glance
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Current rank
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Tobi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1934
- Peak year (1975)
- 150
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
Currently ranks #6663 among girls.
2,923 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 150 births in a single year.
Tobi popularity over time — boys
600 total births recorded since 1966 (Tobi as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tobi accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tobi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 938 births that decade — 32% of Tobi's all-time total
Tobi decade highlights
- Peak decade 938 births
- Runner-up 525 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tobi's strongest decade
938 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Tobi by state
Where Tobi concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 245 | 8.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 165 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 150 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 47 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 45 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 37 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 30 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 29 | 1.0% |
245 of 2,923 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.4% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tobi appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1934–2024 (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.