NameTides

Tobias

Tobias was the #283 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,201 babies), and #116 in England & Wales and #267 in Canada.

Tobias as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tobias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandUSIreland
Tobias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#283 (1,201)#116 (461)#198 (21)#270 (6)#676 (4)#267 (126)
2024#280 (1,220)#108 (496)#352 (10)#177 (12)#520 (6)#313 (105)
2023#279 (1,222)#105 (506)#341 (10)#312 (5)#343 (11)#249 (128)
2022#275 (1,262)#98 (568)#425 (7)#264 (7)#454 (7)#254 (130)
2021#276 (1,243)#98 (596)#262 (16)#226 (9)#631 (4)#270 (128)
2020#263 (1,295)#104 (574)#261 (15)#186 (11)#496 (6)#244 (136)
2019#272 (1,319)#101 (624)#334 (10)#209 (10)#285 (16)#237 (150)
2018#273 (1,295)#98 (647)#325 (11)#234 (8)#401 (9)#257 (136)
2017#269 (1,344)#104 (618)#242 (19)#363 (4)#317 (13)#251 (147)
2016#246 (1,523)#101 (647)#268 (16)#216 (9)#283 (16)#249 (145)
2015#316 (1,123)#106 (604)#295 (13)#222 (9)#397 (9)#313 (106)
2014#418 (743)#120 (524)#322 (12)#191 (12)#364 (11)#369 (85)
2013#486 (568)#125 (490)#280 (14)#343 (4)#352 (11)#380 (76)
2012#509 (520)#128 (486)#500 (5)#217 (9)#500 (6)#429 (65)
2011#528 (480)#108 (590)#421 (7)#231 (8)#366 (11)#565 (45)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #246.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 590common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 940common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tobias is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tobias by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #210WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #205WAIdaho: #196IDMontana: #149MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #218MNIllinois: #261ILMichigan: #288MINew York: #472NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #230NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #342PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #397CAUtah: #255UTColorado: #229CONebraska: #196NEMissouri: #252MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #389MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #260AZNew Mexico: #179NMKansas: #167KSArkansas: #189ARTennessee: #348TNNorth Carolina: #238NCSouth Carolina: #201SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #162OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #301ALGeorgia: #322GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #358TXFlorida: #290FL
Tobias (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#29516
Ontario2024#34139

Tobias (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TobiasCanadaBoys#267126
TobiasEngland & WalesBoys#116461
TobiasIrelandBoys#6764
TobiasNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
TobiasScotlandBoys#19821
TobiasUSBoys#2831,201