Masculine dossier · first seen 1924

Tobey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Tobey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2003

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1924Peak 20032024

Peak year

2003

Decline from peak

89.4%

2024

All-time

1,690

Tobey has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2003, when 85 boys were named Tobey.

In 2024, only 9 boys were given the name.

Down 89.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,690 Americans have been named Tobey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1924.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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