How rare is the name Tobin?

5,051 people in the United States have the first name Tobin, about 1 in 59,796. It ranks #3,883 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TOBIN

#3,883

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,051
About
1 in 59,796
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,051 people named Tobin, 84.5% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 3.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 95.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tobin peaked in 2013, when 163 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19412025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
163
In 2025*
37 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,737 babies have been given the name since 1941. 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.

Tobin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,862. The largest share of babies named Tobin, 28.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#8,03833
1950s#3,127308
1960s#2,202673
1970s#1,8621,085
1980s#3,598464
1990s#4,715431
2000s#3,2791,020
2010s#2,9691,308
2020s#4,516415
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–6411.1%
Generation X 1965–8026%
Millennials 1981–9612%
Generation Z 1997–1228.1%
2013 and later22.5%

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 Tobin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tobin has been most common in Washington (4.4×), California (3.2×), and Colorado (2.9×), and least common in New York (0.31×).

2,250 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.

Either side of Tobin

#3,881 Kelsea · 5,052#3,881 Zoya · 5,052#3,884 Soon · 5,050#3,885 Enrico · 5,049

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tobin, most common first.

#25,961 Tobyn · 362#37,262 Toben · 210

Also a last name

As a last name, Tobin ranks #2,012 of 156,621, with 17,588 people. See Tobin as a last name

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