Tobey
Where Tobey comes from
Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tobey.
- Vowel-ended
Tobey through the years
- 1924First appearance#4,347 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
- 1975Peak, #1,16053 babies named Tobey, its best rank.
- 1976Mostly boys from hereUntil now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
- 1979The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,310.
In the dictionary
Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.
Namesakes
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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.