first name
TOBY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 34,007 people named Toby, 81.3% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as Black. 82.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Toby peaked in 1975, when 1,349 babies got the name.
At least 43,233 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
Toby by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #456. The largest share of babies named Toby, 33.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Toby is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Toby has been most common in New Mexico (2.8×), Colorado (2×), and Oklahoma (2×), and least common in Connecticut (0.24×).
35,788 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 Toby
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Toby, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Toby ranks #17,892 of 156,621, with 1,540 people. See Toby as a last name
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