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Toby

Toby was the #977 boys' name in the US in 2025 (234 babies), and #89 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Toby as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Toby as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Toby as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#977 (234)#89 (600)#226 (18)#126 (18)#329 (12)#1,083 (23)——
2024#1,099 (196)#86 (621)#234 (17)#125 (17)#275 (15)#927 (27)——
2023#1,238 (158)#76 (678)#192 (23)#145 (16)#235 (19)#854 (28)——
2022#1,163 (177)#63 (893)#243 (16)#109 (23)#173 (31)#1,178 (18)——
2021#1,090 (193)#66 (918)#221 (20)#129 (20)#239 (20)#833 (30)—#97 (75)
2020#1,134 (172)#62 (980)#181 (25)#128 (21)#226 (21)#778 (31)—#90 (81)
2019#949 (226)#61 (1,104)#204 (23)#138 (18)#199 (27)#798 (30)#93 (97)—
2018#824 (271)#57 (1,178)#153 (36)#114 (22)#195 (29)#686 (37)#79 (113)#91 (74)
2017#804 (284)#47 (1,316)#163 (36)#90 (33)#244 (21)#587 (45)#72 (129)#81 (80)
2016#768 (316)#46 (1,400)#175 (33)#118 (26)#245 (20)#534 (52)#88 (109)#98 (69)
2015#681 (371)#44 (1,363)#211 (24)#133 (22)#265 (18)#634 (41)#90 (107)#91 (66)
2014#605 (446)#42 (1,352)#176 (33)#132 (22)#208 (28)#747 (32)#82 (121)#88 (72)
2013#546 (486)#44 (1,431)#146 (39)#126 (22)#252 (21)#556 (48)#75 (139)#89 (76)
2012#668 (353)#49 (1,398)#150 (39)#142 (19)#290 (16)#704 (34)#71 (147)#92 (78)
2011#773 (291)#51 (1,389)#168 (33)#161 (16)#238 (22)#498 (54)#62 (155)—

Toby as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Toby as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Toby as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,911 (101)#2,138 (13)—
2024#1,980 (99)#3,016 (8)—
2023#2,002 (98)#1,959 (14)#2,900 (6)
2022#2,277 (82)#3,534 (6)—
2021#2,119 (89)#2,942 (8)—
2020#2,023 (92)#2,843 (8)—
2019#2,355 (76)#1,703 (17)—
2018#2,584 (67)#1,977 (14)#3,286 (5)
2017#2,302 (80)#2,341 (11)#2,609 (7)
2016#2,366 (79)#1,920 (15)—
2015#2,318 (80)#2,195 (12)—
2014#2,412 (75)#4,003 (5)—
2013#2,508 (71)#3,536 (6)#2,888 (6)
2012#1,983 (98)#2,969 (8)#3,334 (5)
2011#2,838 (61)#3,549 (6)#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #190.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2025, 30% of US babies named Toby were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 450common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Toby is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Toby by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #958FL
Toby (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
Ontario2024#1,3557

Toby (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
TobyCanadaGirls—too few
TobyCanadaBoys#1,08323
TobyEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
TobyEngland & WalesBoys#89600
TobyIrelandBoys#32912
TobyNorthern IrelandBoys#12618
TobyNSWBoys—too few
TobyScotlandBoys#22618
TobyUSGirls#1,911101
TobyUSBoys#977234
TobyVICBoys—too few