Toby*
#549 most common boys' name of all time · #1,212 across all names · 81% male / 19% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#549
Rank overall
#1,212 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
43,233
Since 2016
3,090
Peak year
1975 #190
Best rank
#190 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 1,349/yr
Toby first appears in 1882. 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 | 101 | 234 | 335 | #978 |
| 2024 | 99 | 196 | 295 | #1,099 |
| 2023 | 98 | 158 | 256 | #1,238 |
| 2022 | 82 | 177 | 259 | #1,163 |
| 2021 | 89 | 193 | 282 | #1,090 |
| 2020 | 92 | 172 | 264 | #1,135 |
| 2019 | 76 | 226 | 302 | #949 |
| 2018 | 67 | 271 | 338 | #825 |
| 2017 | 80 | 284 | 364 | #805 |
| 2016 | 79 | 316 | 395 | #768 |
| 2015 | 80 | 371 | 451 | #681 |
| 2014 | 75 | 446 | 521 | #605 |
| 2013 | 71 | 486 | 557 | #547 |
| 2012 | 98 | 353 | 451 | #669 |
| 2011 | 61 | 291 | 352 | #774 |
| 2010 | 50 | 359 | 409 | #667 |
| 2009 | 56 | 396 | 452 | #632 |
| 2008 | 53 | 442 | 495 | #581 |
| 2007 | 51 | 462 | 513 | #558 |
| 2006 | 62 | 508 | 570 | #510 |
| 2005 | 67 | 529 | 596 | #474 |
| 2004 | 65 | 612 | 677 | #429 |
| 2003 | 64 | 582 | 646 | #433 |
| 2002 | 42 | 502 | 544 | #474 |
| 2001 | 71 | 413 | 484 | #532 |
| 2000 | 51 | 409 | 460 | #535 |
| 1999 | 38 | 333 | 371 | #585 |
| 1998 | 37 | 342 | 379 | #572 |
| 1997 | 41 | 346 | 387 | #556 |
| 1996 | 37 | 343 | 380 | #548 |
| 1995 | 45 | 316 | 361 | #577 |
| 1994 | 37 | 308 | 345 | #589 |
| 1993 | 34 | 284 | 318 | #618 |
| 1992 | 37 | 289 | 326 | #608 |
| 1991 | 32 | 257 | 289 | #637 |
| 1990 | 28 | 309 | 337 | #576 |
| 1989 | 46 | 263 | 309 | #606 |
| 1988 | 45 | 276 | 321 | #553 |
| 1987 | 46 | 294 | 340 | #522 |
| 1986 | 26 | 304 | 330 | #502 |
| 1985 | 57 | 322 | 379 | #484 |
| 1984 | 53 | 344 | 397 | #451 |
| 1983 | 39 | 385 | 424 | #416 |
| 1982 | 43 | 467 | 510 | #373 |
| 1981 | 39 | 456 | 495 | #377 |
| 1980 | 53 | 648 | 701 | #304 |
| 1979 | 55 | 667 | 722 | #298 |
| 1978 | 54 | 886 | 940 | #238 |
| 1977 | 93 | 1,058 | 1,151 | #209 |
| 1976 | 117 | 1,094 | 1,211 | #201 |
| 1975 | 158 | 1,191 | 1,349 | #190 |
| 1974 | 117 | 1,080 | 1,197 | #205 |
| 1973 | 98 | 1,005 | 1,103 | #218 |
| 1972 | 98 | 890 | 988 | #241 |
| 1971 | 76 | 1,031 | 1,107 | #229 |
| 1970 | 100 | 982 | 1,082 | #242 |
| 1969 | 79 | 754 | 833 | #272 |
| 1968 | 54 | 555 | 609 | #322 |
| 1967 | 67 | 426 | 493 | #363 |
| 1966 | 55 | 351 | 406 | #404 |
| 1965 | 74 | 473 | 547 | #350 |
| 1964 | 64 | 375 | 439 | #417 |
| 1963 | 90 | 390 | 480 | #408 |
| 1962 | 85 | 360 | 445 | #421 |
| 1961 | 74 | 301 | 375 | #468 |
| 1960 | 82 | 374 | 456 | #409 |
| 1959 | 73 | 295 | 368 | #462 |
| 1958 | 83 | 299 | 382 | #454 |
| 1957 | 89 | 250 | 339 | #495 |
| 1956 | 108 | 244 | 352 | #489 |
| 1955 | 100 | 190 | 290 | #533 |
| 1954 | 93 | 184 | 277 | #536 |
| 1953 | 84 | 180 | 264 | #531 |
| 1952 | 108 | 191 | 299 | #506 |
| 1951 | 109 | 143 | 252 | #581 |
| 1950 | 110 | 148 | 258 | #556 |
| 1949 | 117 | 149 | 266 | #549 |
| 1948 | 117 | 136 | 253 | #574 |
| 1947 | 127 | 148 | 275 | #555 |
| 1946 | 116 | 126 | 242 | #572 |
| 1945 | 133 | 123 | 256 | #539 |
| 1944 | 117 | 153 | 270 | #494 |
| 1943 | 160 | 116 | 276 | #591 |
| 1942 | 156 | 121 | 277 | #560 |
| 1941 | 170 | 91 | 261 | #643 |
| 1940 | 147 | 77 | 224 | #691 |
| 1939 | 154 | 72 | 226 | #703 |
| 1938 | 157 | 53 | 210 | #856 |
| 1937 | 118 | 66 | 184 | #755 |
| 1936 | 152 | 59 | 211 | #803 |
| 1935 | 94 | 57 | 151 | #830 |
| 1934 | 101 | 54 | 155 | #857 |
| 1933 | 58 | 36 | 94 | #1,097 |
| 1932 | 36 | 44 | 80 | #1,000 |
| 1931 | 35 | 30 | 65 | #1,268 |
| 1930 | 42 | 30 | 72 | #1,310 |
| 1929 | 35 | 27 | 62 | #1,389 |
| 1928 | 41 | 25 | 66 | #1,491 |
| 1927 | 25 | 33 | 58 | #1,277 |
| 1926 | 39 | 21 | 60 | #1,683 |
| 1925 | 39 | 27 | 66 | #1,437 |
| 1924 | 59 | 23 | 82 | #1,646 |
| 1923 | 36 | 28 | 64 | #1,394 |
| 1922 | 39 | 24 | 63 | #1,563 |
| 1921 | 59 | 23 | 82 | #1,608 |
| 1920 | 37 | 22 | 59 | #1,653 |
| 1919 | 45 | 30 | 75 | #1,304 |
| 1918 | 39 | 24 | 63 | #1,510 |
| 1917 | 38 | 22 | 60 | #1,545 |
| 1916 | 46 | 22 | 68 | #1,516 |
| 1915 | 40 | 27 | 67 | #1,283 |
| 1914 | 19 | 14 | 33 | #1,715 |
| 1913 | 24 | 11 | 35 | #1,718 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1911 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #1,454 |
| 1910 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #1,477 |
| 1909 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #1,119 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #1,270 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,329 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #971 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1902 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,394 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,034 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,041 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,092 |