Tobiah
- #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 683since 1971
Tobiah over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tobiah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,707 | 21 |
| 2024 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #3,781 | 28 |
| 2016 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
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| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
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| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
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| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
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| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
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| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Tobiah! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tobiah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Tobiah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,197 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #4,707)
- 334 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #4,707)
- 4 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #4,707)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1977 at #2,665 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 48,660
- Highest: 1 in 48,660 boys born in 2016 were named Tobiah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,665 in 1977, was only 1 in 102,701 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 35.6% of all boys named Tobiah (243) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61 | #2,665 (1977) | #3,604 |
| 1980s | 57 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,346 |
| 1990s | 79 | #4,246 (1997) | #5,885 |
| 2000s | 143 | #4,395 (2008) | #5,907 |
| 2010s | 243 | #2,993 (2016) | #4,338 |
| 2020s | 100 | #4,707 (2025) | #5,529 |
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.
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