Toby
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Toby
Sweet and spirited, kindly and handsome, posh and approachable, Toby is a versatile nickname, popular in the UK as a stand-alone choice, but familiar in the Netherlands and New Zealand too. In the US, it had its heyday in the 70s but has since been outranked by long form Tobias.
Toby for boys#979 US
Derived from the Hebrew Tobiah, meaning "God is good" (or more specifically, "Yahwah is good"), it has appeared in everything from Shakespeare and Dickens to The Office and Gravity Falls.
Toby for girls#1923 US
Toby is an early unisex name with a Shakespearean pedigree; when used for a girl it retains its tomboyish quality. Fits well with the growing trend of boyish nicknames for girls -- alongside rising choices like Frankie and Stevie. Toby peaked as a girl's name in 1936 and was last on the charts in 1975. Though, it's been slowly rising in recent years with nearly 100 baby girls named Toby in 2023.
Pronounced TOH-bee.
As of October 2026, Toby ranked #979 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #190 in 1975, Nameberry popularity #435.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #605 | 446 | #2,440 | 75 |
| 2015 | #682 | 371 | #2,337 | 80 |
| 2016 | #768 | 316 | #2,383 | 79 |
| 2017 | #806 | 284 | #2,318 | 80 |
| 2018 | #826 | 271 | #2,608 | 67 |
| 2019 | #954 | 225 | #2,372 | 76 |
| 2020 | #1,139 | 172 | #2,049 | 91 |
| 2021 | #1,094 | 192 | #2,126 | 89 |
| 2022 | #1,165 | 177 | #2,290 | 82 |
| 2023 | #1,241 | 158 | #2,015 | 98 |
| 2024 | #1,104 | 194 | #2,004 | 98 |
| 2025 | #979 | 234 | #1,923 | 101 |
World rankings
Toby for girls
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- Tobias Alistair Patrick "Toby" KebbellBoy
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- Toby Lee GowinBoy
American NFL football player
- Toby Edward RosenthalBoy
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- Toby Victor MottBoy
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- Tobias “Toby” GadBoy
German music producer
- Toby James McDonoughBoy
American musician of band Before You Exit
- Toby Markakis (b. 2013)Boy
son of baseball player Nick Markakis
- Martha Virginia "Toby" WingGirl
American actress
Toby in pop culture
- Toby WilliamsBoy
character in the film "Labyrinth"
- Toby ZieglerBoy
character on TV's "The West Wing"
- Toby CavanaughBoy
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Toby KennishBoy
character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
- Toby LolnessBoy
character in Timothée de Fombelle's "Toby Alone" novels
- Toby FlendersonBoy
character on TV's "The Office"
- Toby GrisoniBoy
character in film "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote"
- TobyBoy
character in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective"
- Toby MangelBoy
character in Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
- Ticci TobyBoy
character on website "Creepypasta"
- Toby GriffinBoy
character in TV series "Justified"
- Toby the Tram EngineBoy
character on animated series "Thomas & Friends"
- Toby the PupBoy
character appearing in theatrical cartoons in 1930 and 1931
- Sir Toby BelchBoy
character in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"
- Toby IsaacsBoy
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Toby MillsBoy
character on British soap opera "Hollyoaks"
- TobyBoy
character on the animated series "Beyblade: Metal Masters"
- Toby MitchellBoy
main character on Canadian TV series "Toby"
- "Toby Tyler; orBoy
Ten Weeks with a Circus," novel by James Otis
- Toby WallerBoy
slave name of Kunta Kinte in book/series "Roots"
- Toby DuncanBoy
youngest Duncan on TV's "Good Luck Charlie"
- Tobias "Toby" DomzalskiBoy
character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
- Toby TreacletartBoy
rp character in realplay DnD podcast Drunks and Dragons. Played by Tim Lanning.
- October "Toby" DayeGirl
main character in novels by Seanan McGuire
- Toby BishopGirl
character in movie "Not Forgotten"
- Toby HameeGirl
character in the Animorphs books by K. A. Applegate