Tobias

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #283in 2025
  • 1 in 1,422boys in 2025
  • +20%last ten years
  • 2.6×in West Virginia

Most popular in 2016, and up 20% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

040280318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 131 recorded years as a table
Tobias, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188357
188470
188858
188990
189063
189241
189353
189744
190033
190175
190241
190439
190660
190839
191041
191122
191226
191314
191417
191519
191622
191729
191823
191916
192020
192122
192216
192314
192416
192510
192612
192716
19289
19297
19307
19318
193211
193315
193421
19359
19368
19376
19386
193912
194016
194116
194213
194311
194412
194510
19469
19476
19485
194913
195015
195114
195214
19538
19547
195510
19569
195711
195814
195917
196021
196123
196221
196327
196424
196538
196629
196733
196833
196956
197076
197171
197286
197396
1974135
1975153
1976177
1977156
1978172
1979162
1980138
1981116
1982107
198386
198480
198584
198693
198781
198897
198998
199097
199195
199282
1993100
199496
1995116
1996107
1997139
1998166
1999171
2000174
2001188
2002220
2003251
2004248
2005262
2006269
2007276
2008249
2009270
2010258
2011253
2012274
2013300
2014387
2015586
2016803
2017726
2018713
2019735
2020750
2021710
2022723
2023714
2024708
2025703

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. West Virginia 2.6×
  2. New Mexico 2.4×
  3. Kansas 2.4×
  4. Oklahoma 2.3×
  5. Idaho 2.2×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,201
Rank in 2025
#283
How rare
1 in 1,422 boys
Since 1880
29,322

Most popular in 2016, at 803 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 20% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia2.6×35
New Mexico2.4×33
Kansas2.4×69
Oklahoma2.3×87
Idaho2.2×38

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.