Toivo
Toivo is a masculine given name most commonly found in Estonia and Finland meaning hope. Alternately, it is a short form of the name Tobias.
- Finnish
- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Toivo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Toivo is a masculine given name most commonly found in Estonia and Finland meaning hope. Alternately, it is a short form of the name Tobias.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Estonian
The Story of Toivo
American parents first put Toivo on the record books as a baby boy name in 1906, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 57 Toivos were born — ranking #882 that year. About 60% of every Toivo on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Toivo last appeared in the published SSA data in 1930, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 535 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Toivo
Toivo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 535 births in the dataset. Toivo's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #882. Use the chart and map above to compare Toivo'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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