first name
TOBIAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,558 people named Tobias, 58.1% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 14% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tobias peaked in 2016, when 1,523 babies got the name.
At least 29,322 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Tobias by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #532. The largest share of babies named Tobias, 52.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tobias is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tobias has been most common in Colorado (2.4×), Alaska (2.3×), and Oregon (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.28×).
25,588 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Tobias ranks #2,538 of 156,621, with 13,875 people. See Tobias as a last name
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