Tobey
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 69.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1975 · 53 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,698since 1924
Tobey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,179 | 24 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,014 | 25 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,072 | 37 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,005 | 39 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,643 | 46 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,869 | 68 |
| 2004 | — | #1,671 | 77 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,513 | 85 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,125 | 50 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #1,596 | 35 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #1,210 | 51 |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | #1,160 | 53 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
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| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | — | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tobey! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1942, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tobey is popular in 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,187 · 1 in 18,009
- New York#1,194 · 1 in 13,719
- Texas#1,443 · 1 in 22,392
Best ever in a state: #152 in Maine, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,187 | 14 | 1 in 18,009 |
| New York | #1,194 | 8 | 1 in 13,719 |
| Texas | #1,443 | 8 | 1 in 22,392 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tobey
- 598 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #8,910)
- 2,290 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #8,910)
- 4,731 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #8,910)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1975 at #1,160 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,239 boys born in 2003 were named Tobey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,160 in 1975, was only 1 in 29,460 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.2% of all boys named Tobey (495) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1975, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,347 (1924) | #4,347 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,498 (1947) | #2,945 |
| 1950s | 103 | #1,766 (1958) | #2,775 |
| 1960s | 150 | #1,731 (1968) | #2,244 |
| 1970s | 375 | #1,160 (1975) | #1,513 |
| 1980s | 144 | #1,910 (1980) | #3,580 |
| 1990s | 112 | #4,114 (1992) | #5,140 |
| 2000s | 495 | #1,513 (2003) | #2,564 |
| 2010s | 196 | #3,072 (2010) | #4,885 |
| 2020s | 59 | #6,147 (2022) | #8,066 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tobey in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 25,779 of them was named Tobey, which outranked 87.4% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,653Taron78
- #1,653Yandel78
- #1,653Yonatan78
- #1,671Tobey77
- #1,671Adair77
- #1,671Aramis77
- #1,671Arnulfo77
- #1,687Azael76
- #1,687Brantley76
- #1,687Brooklyn76
Tied with 15 names at #1,671; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.