Tobe
Boy · TOHB · Hebrew
Tobe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is good”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tobe mean?
Hebrew: variant of Toby, short form of Tobias
“God is good”
Variant of Toby; Tobias is the Greek form of the Hebrew Tobiyah, borne by the son in the Book of Tobit.
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Is Tobe a girl's or a boy's name?
Tobe is a boys' name.
How popular is Tobe in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1916, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tobe in the US since 1880 were born between 1902 and 1966. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Tobe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,766 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 16 | #755 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 16 | #431 |
| 1880 | 15 | #465 |
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