# Toby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/toby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtoʊbi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tobe |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 43,233 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34,846 / 8,387 (19% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33,312, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The Middle English vernacular form of Tobias.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,865 |
| 2012 | 98 | 2,000 |
| 2013 | 71 | 2,530 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,441 |
| 2015 | 80 | 2,338 |
| 2016 | 79 | 2,383 |
| 2017 | 80 | 2,318 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,609 |
| 2019 | 76 | 2,373 |
| 2020 | 92 | 2,032 |
| 2021 | 89 | 2,128 |
| 2022 | 82 | 2,292 |
| 2023 | 98 | 2,017 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,995 |
| 2025 | 101 | 1,923 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 291 | 776 |
| 2012 | 353 | 670 |
| 2013 | 486 | 548 |
| 2014 | 446 | 605 |
| 2015 | 371 | 682 |
| 2016 | 316 | 768 |
| 2017 | 284 | 806 |
| 2018 | 271 | 826 |
| 2019 | 226 | 951 |
| 2020 | 172 | 1,139 |
| 2021 | 193 | 1,091 |
| 2022 | 177 | 1,165 |
| 2023 | 158 | 1,241 |
| 2024 | 196 | 1,102 |
| 2025 | 234 | 979 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,389 | 51 |
| 2012 | 1,398 | 49 |
| 2013 | 1,431 | 44 |
| 2014 | 1,352 | 42 |
| 2015 | 1,363 | 44 |
| 2016 | 1,400 | 46 |
| 2017 | 1,316 | 47 |
| 2018 | 1,178 | 57 |
| 2019 | 1,104 | 61 |
| 2020 | 980 | 62 |
| 2021 | 918 | 66 |
| 2022 | 893 | 63 |
| 2023 | 678 | 76 |
| 2024 | 621 | 86 |
| 2025 | 600 | 89 |

## People named Toby

- Toby Alderweireld, Belgian association football player (born 1989)
- Toby Fox, American video game designer and composer (born 1991)
- Toby Keith, American country music singer and actor (1961–2024)
- Toby Kebbell, British actor
- Toby Stephens, British actor
- Toby Huss, American actor
- TobyMac, American Christian rapper and singer
- Toby Leonard Moore, Australian actor
- Toby Wing, American actress and showgirl (1915-2001)
- Toby Collyer, English footballer (born 2004)
- Toby Roberts, British rock climber
- Toby Sebastian, British actor and musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.