Tobi
Tobi is given to both girls and boys: 13 girls and 31 boys were given it in 2025 (#8,311 among girls’ names and #3,648 among boys’, #6,181 among all names counting both); 3,567 Americans have been recorded with it since 1934 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,270 Americans named Tobi and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 24 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tobi by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tobi?
#8,311 among girls’ names, 2025
Tobi rose from #8,401 in 2015 to #8,311 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 7.8 to 8.1 per million.
161 babies in 1975, the peak
Tobi peaked in 1975, when 161 babies were given it (150 girls, #888 among girls’ names). The 44 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 27% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,311 | 31 | #3,648 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,904 | 26 | #4,184 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,140 | 36 | #3,337 |
| 2022 | 9 | #11,166 | 29 | #3,865 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,415 | 25 | #4,221 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,610 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,676 | 16 | #5,781 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,356 | 19 | #5,085 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,733 | 10 | #8,083 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,567 | 8 | #9,582 |
Every recorded year (89)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,401 | 18 | #5,264 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,887 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,528 | 19 | #4,955 |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,183 | 19 | #5,018 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,402 | 12 | #6,960 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,246 | 11 | #7,531 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,656 | 13 | #6,769 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,718 | 12 | #7,142 |
| 2007 | 16 | #8,065 | 9 | #8,846 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,456 | 12 | #6,867 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,816 | 10 | #7,587 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,935 | 7 | #9,839 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,719 | 7 | #9,491 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,454 | 5 | #12,325 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,930 | 9 | #7,457 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,514 | 13 | #5,549 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,858 | 6 | #9,794 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,725 | 10 | #6,264 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,439 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,929 | 6 | #8,902 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,348 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,226 | 7 | #7,690 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,660 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,458 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,635 | 5 | #9,505 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,220 | 5 | #9,366 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,526 | 6 | #7,820 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,482 | 11 | #4,420 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,463 | 10 | #4,545 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,450 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,078 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,987 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,334 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,252 | 8 | #4,958 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,718 | 5 | #7,203 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,483 | 6 | #6,172 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,793 | 10 | #4,048 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,651 | 8 | #4,528 |
| 1977 | 76 | #1,466 | 7 | #5,080 |
| 1976 | 109 | #1,111 | 15 | #2,812 |
| 1975 | 150 | #888 | 11 | #3,413 |
| 1974 | 136 | #927 | 12 | #3,107 |
| 1973 | 82 | #1,274 | 9 | #3,669 |
| 1972 | 108 | #1,070 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,265 | 13 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 92 | #1,223 | 9 | #3,495 |
| 1969 | 69 | #1,398 | 9 | #3,294 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,405 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 54 | #1,536 | 5 | #4,497 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,513 | 7 | #3,514 |
| 1965 | 55 | #1,513 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,777 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 66 | #1,370 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,823 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,804 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,920 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,914 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,902 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,747 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,557 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,872 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,980 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,691 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,119 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,918 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,245 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,610 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,581 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,444 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,388 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,731 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,502 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,781 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,800 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,926 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,831 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,399 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,410 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,245 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Tobi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,567 Americans recorded as Tobi, 82% are girls and 18% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tobi: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tobi, and how old are they?
3,270 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 3,567 Americans ever recorded as Tobi. The median Tobi alive today is 49 years old; half are between 24 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 3,414 people named Tobi (2,677 women and girls, 737 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,113 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 37 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 479 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 449 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 544 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 462 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tobi born?
The states with the most babies named Tobi are California, New York and Texas, with 67% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 245 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 165 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 160 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 47 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 45 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 37 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 29 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Colorado | 14 | not ranked | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tobi with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 6,341 babies since 1880, Tobi is the most given (56% of them). In 2025 it was given to 44 of their 68 babies (65%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tobi
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tobi and names like it
- Compare Tobi and TobieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTobi peaked in 1975.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tobi since 1910.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Tobi.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tobi alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.