Toby
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning God is good; a form of Tobias.
How Toby has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #682 |
| 2016 | #768 |
| 2017 | #806 |
| 2018 | #828 |
| 2019 | #953 |
| 2025 | #979 |
Toby by the numbers
In 2025, 600 babies in England and Wales were named Toby. In the US, 355 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,192 babies in 1975, making it a 1970s name.
At its height, in 1975, about 1 in 1,400 American babies born that year was called Toby.
Other names that come from Tobias
Like Toby, each of these traces back to Tobias: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- TobiasGod is good461 in England and Wales (2025)
- TobiahGod is good; a form of Tobias8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tabiasgod is good; a form of Tobias16 in the US (2017)
- Tobeygod is good; a spelling variant of Tobias4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Toviagod is good; a form of Tobias3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tobiaszgod is good; a form of Tobias6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tobyasgod is good; variant of Tobias5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Toby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tobyngod is good; a form of Tobin8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Toby
Names that are said the same way as Toby, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Toby, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Toby
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