Tobitha — girls' name
21 babies named Tobitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Tobitha was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Tobitha in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tobitha
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Tobitha between 1892 and 1981, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tobitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tobitha performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tobitha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tobitha 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 21 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.
Tobitha at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tobitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1892
- Peak year (1942)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
21 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 6 births in a single year.
Tobitha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 6 births that decade — 29% of Tobitha's all-time total
Tobitha decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Tobitha's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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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, 1892–1981 (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.