Tobey
Boy · TOH-bee · Hebrew
Tobey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is good”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Tobey mean?
Hebrew: variant of Toby, from Tobias
“God is good”
Toby is a short form of Tobias, the young hero of the Book of Tobit who travels with the archangel Raphael.
- Say it
- TOH-bee
Is Tobey a girl's or a boy's name?
Tobey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tobey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Tobey, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 41 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Tobey than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Tobey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 691 boys in the UK were given Tobey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #92, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Tobey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 36 | #854 |
| 2007 | 29 | #953 |
| 2006 | 30 | #894 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 41 | #649 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
How popular is Tobey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Tobey, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Tobey in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 273 boys in the US were given Tobey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #817, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 49% of the babies named Tobey in the US in 1963, and 7% in 2005.
Tobey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,865 |
| 2004 | 77 | #1,668 |
| 2003 | 85 | #1,510 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,210 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Nicknames for Tobey
- Tobes
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