Tobey**
#2,769 most common boys' name of all time · #6,680 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1914–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,769
Rank overall
#6,680 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
2,456
Since 2016
94
Peak year
1975 #1,166
Best rank
#1,166 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 106/yr
Tobey first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,984 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,381 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,922 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,180 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,640 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,668 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,670 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,732 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,403 |
| 2015 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,192 |
| 2014 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,032 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,490 |
| 2012 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,909 |
| 2011 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 2010 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 2009 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,761 |
| 2008 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,015 |
| 2007 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,652 |
| 2006 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,793 |
| 2005 | 5 | 68 | 73 | #1,877 |
| 2004 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,676 |
| 2003 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,517 |
| 2002 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,130 |
| 2001 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,531 |
| 2000 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,789 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,073 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,915 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,710 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,568 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,563 |
| 1994 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,577 |
| 1993 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #5,832 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,157 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,827 |
| 1990 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1989 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #5,244 |
| 1988 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #3,564 |
| 1987 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #3,398 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #4,954 |
| 1985 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #3,268 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,763 |
| 1983 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #3,475 |
| 1982 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #4,684 |
| 1981 | 8 | 25 | 33 | #2,105 |
| 1980 | 16 | 29 | 45 | #1,934 |
| 1979 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #2,330 |
| 1978 | 21 | 35 | 56 | #1,605 |
| 1977 | 23 | 34 | 57 | #1,628 |
| 1976 | 21 | 51 | 72 | #1,217 |
| 1975 | 53 | 53 | 106 | #1,166 |
| 1974 | 47 | 49 | 96 | #1,190 |
| 1973 | 37 | 39 | 76 | #1,342 |
| 1972 | 32 | 38 | 70 | #1,382 |
| 1971 | 22 | 32 | 54 | #1,550 |
| 1970 | 26 | 23 | 49 | #1,868 |
| 1969 | 16 | 20 | 36 | #1,892 |
| 1968 | 21 | 21 | 42 | #1,766 |
| 1967 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #2,194 |
| 1966 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #2,178 |
| 1965 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #2,138 |
| 1964 | 26 | 15 | 41 | #2,172 |
| 1963 | 19 | 20 | 39 | #1,815 |
| 1962 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,791 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,005 |
| 1960 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1959 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,362 |
| 1958 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #1,814 |
| 1957 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #2,240 |
| 1956 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #2,146 |
| 1955 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #3,089 |
| 1954 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #4,028 |
| 1953 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #3,027 |
| 1952 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,530 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,765 |
| 1950 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #3,897 |
| 1949 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #2,724 |
| 1948 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #2,716 |
| 1947 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #2,621 |
| 1946 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #3,748 |
| 1945 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #3,560 |
| 1944 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,015 |
| 1943 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #2,687 |
| 1942 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #3,787 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1937 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,559 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | — |