How Many People Are Named Tobby?
An estimated 364 people in the United States have the first name Tobby. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 49 years old, and Tobby peaked in popularity in 1977 with 36 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tobby as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tobby paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
364
About 1 in 941,633 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
49
years old
Peak Year
1977
36 births
Total Registered
394
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tobby
Tobby is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 394 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Tobby as a male name
Ranked #13,850 in 2015
5 male births in 2015
Peak: 1977 (36 births)
Tobby: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tobby span from the 1950s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 233 babies were registered. Tobby has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tobby by Decade
How has Tobby tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tobby + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tobby as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tobby
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tobby: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tobby?
We estimate approximately 364 people named Tobby are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 941,633 Americans share this first name.
Is Tobby a common name?
Tobby is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 394 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tobby most popular?
Tobby reached peak popularity in 1977, when 36 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tobby is approximately 49 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tobby a male name?
Tobby is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tobby Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tobby Smith, Tobby Johnson, Tobby Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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