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
How old is the name Tobi?
Tobi first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1934, which makes it about 91 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 89 of the 92 years since.
How many people are named Tobi?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,567 American births named Tobi between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,307 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Tobi in 2025?
44 American babies were named Tobi in 2025, ranking #6,099 that year.
Is Tobi getting more or less popular?
Tobi is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 44 births a year, against 32 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +35% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
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.
How old is someone named Tobi?
Roughly 3,307 Americans named Tobi are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 49 years old, and half are between 25 and 56. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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