Meaning not yet researched.
Tobias: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,201 in 2025. Its best rank was #246 in 2016.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #246 in 2016; #283 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Tobias in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#283 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2016, at #246.
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Tobias: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,201 boys in 2025. Peak: #246 in 2016 · most boys in one year: 1,523 (2016).
In 2025, 1,201 US boys were named Tobias, making it the 283rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 3 places from #280 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 1,220 boys named Tobias in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #246, reached in 2016. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,523. For comparison, it was #316 in 2015 and #1,429 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tobias in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 29,322 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 9,410 babies named Tobias.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,924 US boys were named Tobias; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,523. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,422 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tobias ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #125 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Toby (43,233 babies since 1880), Tobi (3,567 babies since 1880) and Tobie (2,321 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tobius, Tobyas and Tobais are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bias and Toby.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Tobius (27), Tobyas (25), Tobais (10), Tobiaz (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 11 | #125 | #181 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | #142 | #154 |
| Montana | 9 | #158 | — |
| Oklahoma | 30 | #168 | #338 |
| Kansas | 23 | #174 | #418 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #192 | #260 |
| Indiana | 44 | #196 | #246 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #196 | #225 |
| Arkansas | 19 | #197 | #302 |
| Ohio | 64 | #204 | #256 |
| South Carolina | 28 | #206 | #395 |
| Washington | 40 | #207 | #222 |
| Nebraska | 13 | #209 | #215 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #212 | #273 |
| Idaho | 13 | #212 | #167 |
| Wisconsin | 29 | #216 | #268 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #223 | #242 |
| Minnesota | 29 | #224 | #268 |
| Colorado | 28 | #236 | #203 |
| Nevada | 13 | #241 | #387 |
| North Carolina | 52 | #244 | #314 |
| Missouri | 28 | #259 | #345 |
| Oregon | 17 | #260 | #227 |
| Illinois | 43 | #263 | #314 |
| Arizona | 31 | #263 | #401 |
| Utah | 20 | #263 | #393 |
| Kentucky | 21 | #264 | #401 |
| Iowa | 14 | #291 | #290 |
| Michigan | 34 | #293 | #251 |
| Florida | 66 | #293 | #326 |
| Louisiana | 17 | #310 | #434 |
| Alabama | 18 | #313 | #478 |
| Georgia | 38 | #326 | #442 |
| Virginia | 24 | #349 | #192 |
| Tennessee | 25 | #354 | #331 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | #354 | #328 |
| Texas | 104 | #362 | #378 |
| California | 83 | #400 | #345 |
| Maryland | 13 | #405 | #328 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #436 | #289 |
| New York | 35 | #479 | #370 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #516 | #523 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #565 | — |
| New Jersey | 9 | #754 | #456 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,201 | #283 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,220 | #280 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,222 | #279 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,262 | #275 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,243 | #276 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,295 | #263 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,319 | #272 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,295 | #273 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,344 | #269 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,523 | #246 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,123 | #316 |
| 2014 | — | — | 743 | #418 |
| 2013 | — | — | 568 | #486 |
| 2012 | — | — | 520 | #509 |
| 2011 | — | — | 480 | #529 |
| 2010 | — | — | 495 | #522 |
| 2009 | — | — | 536 | #504 |
| 2008 | — | — | 507 | #529 |
| 2007 | — | — | 572 | #472 |
| 2006 | — | — | 552 | #480 |
| 2005 | — | — | 523 | #480 |
| 2004 | — | — | 493 | #496 |
| 2003 | — | — | 495 | #499 |
| 2002 | — | — | 427 | #527 |
| 2001 | — | — | 365 | #569 |
| 2000 | — | — | 341 | #586 |
| 1999 | — | — | 328 | #592 |
| 1998 | — | — | 317 | #593 |
| 1997 | — | — | 262 | #639 |
| 1996 | — | — | 203 | #746 |
| 1995 | — | — | 220 | #720 |
| 1994 | — | — | 186 | #777 |
| 1993 | — | — | 197 | #745 |
| 1992 | — | — | 163 | #829 |
| 1991 | — | — | 191 | #738 |
| 1990 | — | — | 199 | #724 |
| 1989 | — | — | 196 | #703 |
| 1988 | — | — | 186 | #689 |
| 1987 | — | — | 151 | #747 |
| 1986 | — | — | 171 | #697 |
| 1985 | — | — | 156 | #709 |
| 1984 | — | — | 144 | #729 |
| 1983 | — | — | 155 | #692 |
| 1982 | — | — | 194 | #624 |
| 1981 | — | — | 208 | #596 |
| 1980 | — | — | 246 | #547 |
| 1979 | — | — | 279 | #498 |
| 1978 | — | — | 282 | #485 |
| 1977 | — | — | 256 | #514 |
| 1976 | — | — | 277 | #476 |
| 1975 | — | — | 239 | #522 |
| 1974 | — | — | 212 | #554 |
| 1973 | — | — | 149 | #654 |
| 1972 | — | — | 140 | #681 |
| 1971 | — | — | 126 | #739 |
| 1970 | — | — | 142 | #701 |
| 1969 | — | — | 101 | #774 |
| 1968 | — | — | 58 | #967 |
| 1967 | — | — | 57 | #966 |
| 1966 | — | — | 51 | #1,025 |
| 1965 | — | — | 70 | #880 |
| 1964 | — | — | 47 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | — | — | 55 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | — | — | 43 | #1,201 |
| 1961 | — | — | 49 | #1,131 |
| 1960 | — | — | 45 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | — | — | 37 | #1,299 |
| 1958 | — | — | 30 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | — | — | 24 | #1,668 |
| 1956 | — | — | 20 | #1,813 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,789 |
| 1954 | — | — | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1953 | — | — | 15 | #2,095 |
| 1952 | — | — | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1951 | — | — | 27 | #1,456 |
| 1950 | — | — | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1949 | — | — | 23 | #1,579 |
| 1948 | — | — | 9 | #2,770 |
| 1947 | — | — | 11 | #2,493 |
| 1946 | — | — | 15 | #1,944 |
| 1945 | — | — | 14 | #1,919 |
| 1944 | — | — | 17 | #1,728 |
| 1943 | — | — | 15 | #1,983 |
| 1942 | — | — | 18 | #1,727 |
| 1941 | — | — | 20 | #1,583 |
| 1940 | — | — | 18 | #1,677 |
| 1939 | — | — | 13 | #2,042 |
| 1938 | — | — | 7 | #3,149 |
| 1937 | — | — | 6 | #3,492 |
| 1936 | — | — | 8 | #2,834 |
| 1935 | — | — | 9 | #2,701 |
| 1934 | — | — | 22 | #1,494 |
| 1933 | — | — | 15 | #1,898 |
| 1932 | — | — | 11 | #2,449 |
| 1931 | — | — | 8 | #3,079 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,266 |
| 1929 | — | — | 8 | #3,227 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,831 |
| 1927 | — | — | 18 | #1,951 |
| 1926 | — | — | 13 | #2,420 |
| 1925 | — | — | 11 | #2,737 |
| 1924 | — | — | 18 | #1,959 |
| 1923 | — | — | 15 | #2,215 |
| 1922 | — | — | 17 | #2,031 |
| 1921 | — | — | 24 | #1,581 |
| 1920 | — | — | 21 | #1,741 |
| 1919 | — | — | 16 | #2,052 |
| 1918 | — | — | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1917 | — | — | 27 | #1,360 |
| 1916 | — | — | 20 | #1,641 |
| 1915 | — | — | 16 | #1,870 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,091 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | #2,480 |
| 1912 | — | — | 11 | #1,612 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,976 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,299 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,360 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #995 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,384 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,301 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #853 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,488 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,215 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #1,021 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,243 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #874 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #669 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #908 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #753 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #878 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #800 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).