Meaning not yet researched.
Toby: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 234 in 2025. Its best rank was #190 in 1975.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #190 in 1975; #979 in 2025. About 70% of babies named Toby in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#979 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1975, at #190.
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Toby: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 234 boys in 2025. Peak: #190 in 1975 · most boys in one year: 1,191 (1975).
In 2025, 234 US boys were named Toby, making it the 979th most common boys’ name of the year, up 123 places from #1,102 in 2024. That is 38 more than the 196 boys named Toby in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #190, reached in 1975. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,191. For comparison, it was #682 in 2015 and #557 in 1950.
In 2025, 101 US girls were named Toby, making it the 1,923rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 72 places from #1,995 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 99 girls named Toby in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #526, reached in 1936. The most girls given the name in a single year was 170, in 1941. For comparison, it was #2,338 in 2015 and #841 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Toby in 127 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 43,233 US babies have been given the name, 19% of them girls and 81% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 10,850 babies named Toby.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,227 US boys were named Toby; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 316. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,299 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Toby ranked highest in Kentucky in 2025, at #481 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tobias (29,322 babies since 1880), Tobi (3,567 babies since 1880), Tobie (2,321 babies since 1880) and Tobey (2,456 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tobby, Thobias and Tobye are summarised on this page.
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: Tobby (394), Thobias (10), Tobye (5), Tobia (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Toby in the open dataset we use.
Toby is listed as a nickname for Tobias.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 32 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 10 | #481 | — |
| Missouri | 10 | #594 | #518 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #634 | #709 |
| Indiana | 10 | #663 | #538 |
| Michigan | 12 | #673 | #968 |
| Utah | 6 | #694 | #554 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #778 | — |
| New Jersey | 8 | #824 | — |
| Arizona | 7 | #836 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #840 | #504 |
| Florida | 14 | #1,005 | #767 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,019 | #585 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,104 | #591 |
| New York | 11 | #1,112 | #762 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,146 | #633 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,339 | #903 |
| Texas | 15 | #1,343 | #901 |
| California | 13 | #1,427 | #624 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,460 | #975 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,923 | 234 | #979 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,995 | 196 | #1,102 |
| 2023 | 98 | #2,017 | 158 | #1,241 |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,292 | 177 | #1,165 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,128 | 193 | #1,091 |
| 2020 | 92 | #2,032 | 172 | #1,139 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,373 | 226 | #951 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,609 | 271 | #826 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,318 | 284 | #806 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,383 | 316 | #768 |
| 2015 | 80 | #2,338 | 371 | #682 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,441 | 446 | #605 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,530 | 486 | #548 |
| 2012 | 98 | #2,000 | 353 | #670 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,865 | 291 | #776 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,303 | 359 | #668 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,087 | 396 | #633 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,219 | 442 | #582 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,328 | 462 | #559 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,848 | 508 | #510 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,577 | 529 | #474 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,587 | 612 | #429 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,553 | 582 | #433 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,331 | 502 | #474 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,286 | 413 | #532 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,853 | 409 | #535 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,371 | 333 | #586 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,348 | 342 | #573 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,974 | 346 | #557 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,231 | 343 | #548 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,729 | 316 | #577 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,165 | 308 | #589 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,349 | 284 | #618 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,141 | 289 | #608 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,438 | 257 | #638 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,809 | 309 | #577 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,524 | 263 | #608 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,443 | 276 | #553 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,329 | 294 | #524 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,453 | 304 | #502 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,947 | 322 | #484 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,960 | 344 | #451 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,429 | 385 | #416 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,325 | 467 | #373 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,485 | 456 | #377 |
| 1980 | 53 | #2,012 | 648 | #304 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,913 | 667 | #298 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,859 | 886 | #238 |
| 1977 | 93 | #1,281 | 1,058 | #209 |
| 1976 | 117 | #1,053 | 1,094 | #201 |
| 1975 | 158 | #848 | 1,191 | #190 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,031 | 1,080 | #205 |
| 1973 | 98 | #1,136 | 1,005 | #218 |
| 1972 | 98 | #1,132 | 890 | #241 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,404 | 1,031 | #229 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,166 | 982 | #242 |
| 1969 | 79 | #1,269 | 754 | #272 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,573 | 555 | #323 |
| 1967 | 67 | #1,347 | 426 | #363 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,514 | 351 | #405 |
| 1965 | 74 | #1,255 | 473 | #350 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,418 | 375 | #417 |
| 1963 | 90 | #1,157 | 390 | #408 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,200 | 360 | #422 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,295 | 301 | #468 |
| 1960 | 82 | #1,211 | 374 | #409 |
| 1959 | 73 | #1,261 | 295 | #464 |
| 1958 | 83 | #1,171 | 299 | #454 |
| 1957 | 89 | #1,115 | 250 | #495 |
| 1956 | 108 | #975 | 244 | #490 |
| 1955 | 100 | #1,003 | 190 | #534 |
| 1954 | 93 | #1,018 | 184 | #536 |
| 1953 | 84 | #1,061 | 180 | #530 |
| 1952 | 108 | #892 | 191 | #505 |
| 1951 | 109 | #862 | 143 | #581 |
| 1950 | 110 | #841 | 148 | #557 |
| 1949 | 117 | #806 | 149 | #549 |
| 1948 | 117 | #799 | 136 | #575 |
| 1947 | 127 | #767 | 148 | #554 |
| 1946 | 116 | #766 | 126 | #572 |
| 1945 | 133 | #633 | 123 | #539 |
| 1944 | 117 | #694 | 153 | #494 |
| 1943 | 160 | #597 | 116 | #591 |
| 1942 | 156 | #596 | 121 | #561 |
| 1941 | 170 | #544 | 91 | #643 |
| 1940 | 147 | #578 | 77 | #693 |
| 1939 | 154 | #536 | 72 | #706 |
| 1938 | 157 | #547 | 53 | #858 |
| 1937 | 118 | #628 | 66 | #755 |
| 1936 | 152 | #526 | 59 | #806 |
| 1935 | 94 | #691 | 57 | #833 |
| 1934 | 101 | #669 | 54 | #859 |
| 1933 | 58 | #893 | 36 | #1,102 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,210 | 44 | #1,003 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,241 | 30 | #1,279 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,159 | 30 | #1,327 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,281 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,206 | 25 | #1,519 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,720 | 33 | #1,290 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,259 | 21 | #1,712 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,269 | 27 | #1,447 |
| 1924 | 59 | #998 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,326 | 28 | #1,416 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,266 | 24 | #1,586 |
| 1921 | 59 | #968 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,278 | 22 | #1,689 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,102 | 30 | #1,317 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,212 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,180 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1916 | 46 | #1,023 | 22 | #1,545 |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,073 | 27 | #1,302 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,533 | 14 | #1,767 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,146 | 11 | #1,794 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,532 | — | — |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,364 | 7 | #1,524 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,163 | 6 | #1,571 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,749 | 8 | #1,147 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,346 | — | — |
| 1907 | 6 | #2,039 | 6 | #1,332 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,400 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #991 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,578 | — | — |
| 1902 | 5 | #2,017 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,489 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,073 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,089 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,083 |
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).