Tobius — boys' name
27 babies named Tobius in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
27 boys have been named Tobius since 1975, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2016.
- 27
- total births
- 1975–2016
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Tobius was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Tobius in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tobius
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Tobius between 1975 and 2016, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tobius currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tobius performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tobius shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tobius 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 27 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.
Tobius at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tobius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1975
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
27 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 6 births in a single year.
Tobius by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 37% of Tobius's all-time total
Tobius decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tobius's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% 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, 1975–2016 (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.