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Toby

/ˈtoʊbi/ · 19% girls, 81% boys · 335 born in 2025

Toby has been given to about 43,233 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1975, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈtoʊbi/
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 36,746
Median age today47 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Toby per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1975 · 1,349
  • Born in 2025335
  • All time43,233
  • England & Wales, 2025613

How popular is Toby?

Its best year was 1975, when 1,349 babies were given the name, ranking 848th. The typical living American called Toby is about 47 years old today. It is relatively most common in New York, where it accounts for 0.05% of births.

Names that sound like Toby

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Coby0.81
  2. Bobby0.78
  3. Koby0.81
  4. Robby0.78
  5. Tony0.75
  6. Tory0.75
  7. Tommy0.72
  8. Colby0.70

Middle names for Toby

Ranked by flow score
  1. Toby Anne0.81
  2. Toby Eve0.80
  3. Toby Elizabeth0.78
  4. Toby Catherine0.78
  5. Toby Marie0.77
  6. Toby Grace0.77

Sibling names for Toby

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Damonbrother · 0.95
  2. Angiesister · 0.95
  3. Elisasister · 0.93
  4. Larasister · 0.92
  5. Claybrother · 0.90
  6. Noeleither · 0.90

Where Toby is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. New York0.05%
  2. New Jersey0.04%
  3. Kentucky0.03%
  4. Missouri0.02%
  5. Minnesota0.02%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Toby Anderson0.77
  2. Toby White0.72
  3. Toby Reyes0.72
  4. Toby Nguyen0.72
  5. Toby Lee0.72
  6. Toby Hill0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Toby

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Toby across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.