Tobby

Boy · recorded 1956–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Tobby.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1956

0112219561971198620002015

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 31 recorded years as a table
Tobby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19562
19595
19622
19633
19663
19674
19688
196910
197010
19718
197211
197319
197410
197520
197615
197722
197815
197911
19806
19814
19835
19843
19874
19902
19913
19934
19944
19954
20003
20053
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tobby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2015
5
Rank in 2015
#12,086
How rare
1 in 383,348 boys
Since 1956
394

Tobby was last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 22 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Tobby doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.