Tovia
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- toh-VEE-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Tovia is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is good”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Tovia mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Tobiah, related to Tobias
“God is good”
Tobiah and Tobias are the same Hebrew name; Tobias is the hero's son in the Book of Tobit.
Is Tovia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tovia is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Tovia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Tovia, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 1958. 5 girls were also named Tovia in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Tovia of any year since it first appeared, in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Tovia in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tovia in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Tovia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Luca, Ezra, Azriel, Aziel, Josias, Josiah, Jaziel, Mateo, Axel, Ares, Adriel
Names related to Tovia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Elsie
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, “Tovia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tovia, updated 20 October 2026.