Is Tobi a boy or girl name?

Tobi is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 3,567 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 82.3% were girls and 17.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2020, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Tobi

Recorded 1934–2025 · United States

Tobi was most popular in 1975, when 161 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,449 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,099, with 44 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,567 people named Tobi.

Tobi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tobi’s peak in 1975. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tobi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tobi is mostly a girl’s name — 82.3% of the 3,567 Americans given it were girls and 17.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2020 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 40% girls and 60% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tobi

Where Tobi is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org