Tobe
#4,872 most common boys' name of all time · #12,047 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2022
Rank among boys
#4,872
Rank overall
#12,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
978
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1916 #1,597
Best rank
#437 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Tobe is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,875 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,170 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,044 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,801 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,784 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,823 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,874 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,389 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,741 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,166 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,155 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,842 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,660 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,889 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,629 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,925 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,411 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,979 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,546 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,860 |
| 1978 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,408 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,395 |
| 1976 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #3,479 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,671 |
| 1974 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,801 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,238 |
| 1971 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #3,162 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,079 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,591 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,001 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,003 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,549 |
| 1964 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,059 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,088 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,886 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,963 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,380 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,465 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,110 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,738 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,033 |
| 1949 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,346 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,388 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,937 |
| 1945 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,406 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,973 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,959 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,685 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,484 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,309 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,732 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,019 |
| 1932 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,656 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,785 |
| 1930 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,893 |
| 1929 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 1928 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,092 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,469 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,233 |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,768 |
| 1924 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,649 |
| 1923 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,031 |
| 1922 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,050 |
| 1921 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,820 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,777 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,758 |
| 1918 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,019 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,597 |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,120 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,264 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,427 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,408 |
| 1910 | — | 16 | 16 | #762 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,232 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,012 |
| 1903 | — | 11 | 11 | #709 |
| 1902 | — | 9 | 9 | #809 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #961 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #800 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #956 |
| 1898 | — | 10 | 10 | #713 |
| 1897 | — | 10 | 10 | #695 |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | #834 |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | #762 |
| 1894 | — | 12 | 12 | #605 |
| 1893 | — | 10 | 10 | #666 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #702 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #985 |
| 1890 | — | 11 | 11 | #612 |
| 1889 | — | 11 | 11 | #595 |
| 1888 | — | 16 | 16 | #494 |
| 1887 | — | 9 | 9 | #640 |
| 1886 | — | 9 | 9 | #656 |
| 1885 | — | 10 | 10 | #610 |
| 1884 | — | 8 | 8 | #711 |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | #606 |
| 1882 | — | 17 | 17 | #443 |
| 1881 | — | 16 | 16 | #437 |
| 1880 | — | 15 | 15 | #480 |