Tobie
Tobie is an oratorio by Charles Gounod to words by Lefèvre from 1854.
Meaning & Origin of Tobie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tobie is an oratorio by Charles Gounod to words by Lefèvre from 1854.
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The Story of Tobie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Tobie as a girl name dates back to 1917, when 5 babies received it. 1975 was its biggest year on record, with 80 newborns named Tobie — #1,342 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Tobie on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tobie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Tobie on the record books as a boy name in 1886, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1973, when 27 Tobies were born — ranking #1,696 that year. About 20% of every Tobie on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tobie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 929 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tobie
Tobie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Tobie's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #1,342. Use the chart and map above to compare Tobie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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