Tobenna
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- toh-BEN-na
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Tobenna is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “praise the Father”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Tobenna mean?
Igbo
“praise the Father”
An Igbo name in which Nna, 'Father', refers to God; it shares its first part with Tobechukwu.
Is Tobenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Tobenna is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tobenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,286th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 269% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Tobenna, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Tobenna of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Tobenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Tobenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Tobenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Tobenna, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Tobenna in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tobenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Nicknames for Tobenna
Names like Tobenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobechukwu, Chidubem, Chukwuebuka, Chidera, Obi, Obaloluwa, Kamsiyochukwu, Luca, Munachimso, Oluwatobiloba, Somtochukwu, Obinna
Names related to Tobenna
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Chiziterem, Naetochukwu, Lotanna, Kosisochukwu, Chikaima, Adaugo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tobenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tobenna, updated 20 October 2026.