Tobie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOH-bee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Tobie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is good”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Tobie mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Toby
“God is good”
A variant spelling of Toby, the English short form of Tobias.
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Is Tobie a girl's or a boy's name?
Tobie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 9 girls in the US.
How popular is Tobie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Tobie, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tobie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 691 boys in the UK were given Tobie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #92, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
In 2019, 17% of the babies named Tobie in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Tobie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Tobie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Tobie, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1975, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Tobie in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 123 girls in the US were given Tobie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,470, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 72% of the babies named Tobie in the US in 1958, and 35% in 2002.
Tobie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 80 | #1,342 |
| 1974 | 71 | #1,428 |
| 1973 | 73 | #1,361 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,975 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Names like Tobie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jesse Vinnie Isaac Jacob Noah Reuben Charlie Freddie Caleb Eli Archie Levi
Other spellings of Tobie
Names related to Tobie
More Hebrew names
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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, “Tobie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tobie, updated 20 October 2026.