Toby

Boy · recorded 1882–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.3 to 1)

  • #977in 2025
  • 1 in 7,299boys in 2025
  • −29%last ten years
  • 1.7×in Georgia

Most popular in 1975. Quieter now: down 29% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

038276318821918195419892025

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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 123 recorded years as a table
Toby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188244
188546
189551
190033
190560
190638
190741
190949
191031
191131
191321
191421
191532
191625
191724
191824
191931
192021
192121
192222
192326
192420
192524
192619
192729
192823
192925
193027
193129
193242
193336
193452
193555
193657
193762
193848
193965
194066
194174
194288
194381
1944112
194591
194678
194781
194878
194984
195083
195176
195298
195391
195490
195592
1956115
1957116
1958141
1959138
1960175
1961142
1962174
1963192
1964188
1965254
1966197
1967244
1968319
1969422
1970528
1971583
1972549
1973645
1974687
1975763
1976697
1977644
1978540
1979387
1980363
1981255
1982257
1983215
1984191
1985174
1986165
1987157
1988144
1989131
1990150
1991127
1992145
1993145
1994159
1995166
1996181
1997184
1998179
1999173
2000208
2001213
2002259
2003295
2004308
2005265
2006247
2007223
2008217
2009200
2010187
2011153
2012186
2013257
2014232
2015194
2016167
2017153
2018149
2019126
2020100
2021110
2022101
202392
2024114
2025137

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Georgia 1.7×
  2. Pennsylvania 1.5×
  3. Ohio 1.4×
  4. New York 1.2×
  5. Florida 0.8×

More like it

More like Toby

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
234
Rank in 2025
#977
How rare
1 in 7,299 boys
Since 1882
34,846

Most popular in 1975, at 763 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Georgia1.7×30
Pennsylvania1.5×26
Ohio1.4×26
New York1.2×35
Florida0.8×25

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