Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Tobias

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2016

Peak rank proxy

1,523

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20162024

Peak year

2016

Decline from peak

20.6%

2024

1,210

All-time

28,093

Tobias 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 2016, when 1,523 boys were named Tobias.

In 2024, only 1,210 boys were given the name.

Down 20.6% from its peak.

All told, about 28,093 Americans have been named Tobias and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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