Tuvia
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- too-VEE-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Tuvia is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is good”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Tuvia mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Tobiah, the source of Tobias
“God is good”
Tuvia Bielski led a Jewish partisan group that sheltered more than a thousand people during the Second World War.
Is Tuvia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tuvia is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tuvia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Tuvia, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Tuvia in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tuvia in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
Names like Tuvia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Luca, Azriel, Ezra, Aziel, Ares, Josias, Boaz, Uziel, Jaziel, Tripp, Maximus
Names related to Tuvia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Tuvia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tuvia, updated 20 October 2026.