Toba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TOH-buh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Toba is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “good”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Toba mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Tova
“good”
A Yiddish form of Tova, the Hebrew word for good; some families link it instead to Yiddish Toybe 'dove'.
Is Toba a girl's or a boy's name?
Toba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Toba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Toba, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Toba in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Toba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
Names like Toba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nyomi Kobi Demi Niomi Zuri Chiara Nayomi Simi Chizaram Kayomi Remi Nechama
Names related to Toba
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Toba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toba, updated 20 October 2026.