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Toby Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Toby?

The less frequently given name Toby was the 842nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 1000 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

Position 190, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1975 with 1,192 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Toby was less than 5, most recently in 1912.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Toby occurred roughly during the years 1912-1915, 1916-1919, 1929-1935, 1938-1944, 1949-1952, 1953-1960, 1961-1965, 1966-1970, 1972-1975, 1999-2003, and 2010-2013, whereas 1978-1984 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Toby has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Toby popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The popularity trend for Toby has been moving downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Toby lately has dropped.

The name Toby is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Toby (Girl)Toby (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 65 2,658 263 842
2017 80 2,314 280 808
2016 79 2,379 314 771
2015 80 2,334 369 684
2014 75 2,435 445 605
2013 71 2,527 483 549
2012 98 1,997 352 673
2011 61 2,861 291 776
2010 50 3,302 358 671
2009 56 3,083 396 633
2008 53 3,211 440 583
2007 51 3,328 461 560
2006 62 2,846 508 510
2005 67 2,576 526 477
2004 65 2,587 612 428
2003 64 2,553 581 434
2002 42 3,329 500 475
2001 71 2,285 413 531
2000 51 2,852 407 536
1999 38 3,370 332 587
1998 37 3,347 341 575
1997 41 2,974 345 558
1996 37 3,228 342 549
1995 45 2,729 316 576
1994 37 3,165 307 589
1993 34 3,350 284 618
1992 37 3,141 289 608
1991 32 3,439 257 638
1990 28 3,807 309 577
1989 46 2,524 263 608
1988 45 2,442 274 557
1987 46 2,327 295 521
1986 26 3,451 304 502
1985 57 1,947 322 484
1984 53 1,959 344 451
1983 39 2,429 385 416
1982 43 2,324 467 373
1981 39 2,487 458 376
1980 53 2,010 649 304
1979 55 1,913 667 299
1978 53 1,892 886 238
1977 93 1,281 1,059 209
1976 117 1,053 1,095 201
1975 158 848 1,192 190
1974 117 1,032 1,079 207
1973 98 1,136 1,005 218
1972 98 1,131 890 241
1971 76 1,405 1,032 229
1970 100 1,166 982 242
1969 79 1,266 754 272
1968 54 1,574 554 323
1967 67 1,347 429 363
1966 55 1,513 350 406
1965 74 1,255 473 351
1964 64 1,416 375 417
1963 90 1,156 389 408
1962 85 1,201 361 422
1961 74 1,294 302 468
1960 82 1,213 373 409
1959 73 1,262 294 465
1958 83 1,171 299 454
1957 89 1,114 250 497
1956 108 975 245 489
1955 100 1,004 189 538
1954 93 1,020 184 535
1953 84 1,061 180 530
1952 108 892 191 505
1951 109 862 143 581
1950 110 841 148 557
1949 117 806 149 548
1948 117 799 136 574
1947 127 767 148 554
1946 116 767 126 572
1945 133 633 123 539
1944 117 694 153 494
1943 160 597 116 591
1942 156 597 121 561
1941 170 544 91 643
1940 147 578 77 693
1939 154 536 72 706
1938 157 547 53 858
1937 118 628 66 755
1936 152 526 59 805
1935 94 691 57 832
1934 101 669 54 859
1933 58 893 36 1,102
1932 36 1,211 44 1,003
1931 35 1,241 30 1,279
1930 42 1,160 30 1,329
1929 35 1,281 27 1,409
1928 41 1,206 25 1,519
1927 25 1,720 33 1,290
1926 39 1,259 21 1,711
1925 39 1,269 27 1,445
1924 59 998 23 1,672
1923 36 1,326 28 1,416
1922 39 1,266 24 1,585
1921 59 968 23 1,643
1920 37 1,278 22 1,689
1919 45 1,102 30 1,317
1918 39 1,212 24 1,533
1917 38 1,180 22 1,582
1916 46 1,023 22 1,545
1915 40 1,073 27 1,302
1914 19 1,533 14 1,767
1913 24 1,146 11 1,794
1912 14 1,532 < 5 --
1911 13 1,364 7 1,524
1910 16 1,163 6 1,571
1909 8 1,749 8 1,147
1908 11 1,346 < 5 --
1907 6 2,039 6 1,332
1906 < 5 -- 5 1,400
1905 < 5 -- 8 991
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 7 1,578 < 5 --
1902 5 2,017 < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- 5 1,489
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- 6 1,073
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- 5 1,089
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- 5 1,083
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.