Tobin

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1971 · 132 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,570
since 1941

Tobin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tobin has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #719, 1971boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,18137
2024#13,4776#2,78946
2023#13,4626#2,57551
2022#8,03213#2,32561
2021#6,41418#1,91579
2020#8,95311#1,75887
2019#8,59712#1,88679
2018#13,7936#1,80984
2017#8,77612#1,80484
2016#5,98521#1,456118
2015#8,00814#1,346130
2014—#1,198154
2013—#1,115163
2012#13,4837#1,266139
2011—#1,271135
2010—#1,195150
2009—#1,472113
2008—#1,251139
2007—#1,188148
2006—#1,447107
2005—#1,362110
2004—#1,59382
2003#10,4259#1,37298
2002#15,4325#1,57178
2001—#1,69968
2000—#1,75863
1999—#2,06346
1998—#2,09444
1997—#1,46873
1996—#2,14539
1995—#2,34633
1994—#2,21936
1993—#2,00740
1992—#2,04638
1991—#1,76845
1990—#2,01237
1989—#1,45257
1988#11,7985#1,61844
1987#11,3255#1,58744
1986—#1,36352
1985—#1,64438
1984—#1,60637
1983—#1,37546
1982—#1,38247
1981—#1,45643
1980—#1,39146
1979—#1,11664
1978—#86998
1977—#822107
1976—#828102
1975#9,0675#736127
1974—#758114
1973#7,4356#737118
1972—#84690
1971—#719132
1970—#747122
1969—#736113
1968—#82181
1967—#94858
1966—#90164
1965—#1,12944
1964—#90171
1963—#1,00557
1962—#1,14745
1961—#1,09751
1960#5,6966#83383
1959—#1,03455
1958—#81585
1957—#1,25039
1956—#1,56825
1955—#1,68221
1954—#1,49626
1953—#2,28712
1952—#2,01015
1951—#1,77418
1950—#2,20712
1949—#3,2986
1948—#2,7888
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1942—#2,5239
1941—#3,5055
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five boys were named Tobin! It came in at #3,505, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tobin is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,136 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 19,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedUTColorado: #604 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,684 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Tobin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Colorado#604 · 1 in 5,684
  2. California#1,136 · 1 in 19,068

Best ever in a state: #232 in Nebraska, 1969.

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Colorado#60451 in 5,684
California#1,136131 in 19,068
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See more about Tobin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 392 spots since 2024 (#2,789 → #3,181)
  • 1,423 spots since 2020 (#1,758 → #3,181)
  • 1,835 spots since 2015 (#1,346 → #3,181)
  • Biggest jump: 435 spots in 1958 (#1,250 → #815)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1961 (#833 → #1,097)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1971 at #719 (132 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1966–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,605
  • Highest: 1 in 11,605 boys born in 2013 were named Tobin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #719 in 1971, was only 1 in 13,397 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Tobin (1,236) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s33#2,523 (1942)#3,109
1950s308#815 (1958)#1,612
1960s667#736 (1969)#952
1970s1,074#719 (1971)#818
1980s454#1,363 (1986)#1,487
1990s431#1,468 (1997)#2,017
2000s1,006#1,188 (2007)#1,471
2010s1,236#1,115 (2013)#1,435
2020s361#1,758 (2020)#2,424

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.

Tobin in 2000

boys
#1,758
63 births · 1 in 31,175 boys

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #1,758Tobin63
More about 2000

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 31,175 of them was named Tobin, which outranked 85.5% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tobin
  1. #1,742Treshawn64
  2. #1,742Trinidad64
  3. #1,742Vincente64
  4. #1,758Tobin63
  5. #1,758Abhishek63
  6. #1,758Andrey63
  7. #1,758Augustin63
  8. #1,768Aldair62
  9. #1,768Alphonso62
  10. #1,768Dmitri62

Tied with 9 names at #1,758; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000 →