Tobi

Popularity Trends

The name Tobi is the #4,638 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,480 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 40.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,220 (43.7% percentile) for all time with 2,906 births since 1934. For boys, it ranks #4,012 (12.5% percentile) for all time with 574 births since 1966.

Tobi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for girls and 1966 for boys). Birth data for Tobi is available in 87 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (87 years for girls and 49 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Tobi has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 35.7% of babies named Tobi were girls. Interestingly, until around 2014, the name was more popular for girls (88.2% girls from 1934 to 2013), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (59.4% boys from 2014 to 2023).

For girls, Tobi reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 19.3% percentile (ranked #608) with 96 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 96 births per million (ranked 19.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Tobi ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 11.9% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Tobi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #880) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tobi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #880 (3.4% percentile) with 20 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tobi".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

2,906

Peak Births

150

Peak Year

1975

First Recorded

1934

Peak Percentile

19.3%

Current Percentile

1.6%

Peak Rank

#608

Current Rank

#932

Female statistics

Total Births

574

Peak Births

Peak Year

2023

First Recorded

1966

Peak Percentile

3.4%

Current Percentile

3.4%

Peak Rank

#880

Current Rank

#880

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Tobi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Toby" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Toby..

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Tobi's popularity from 1931 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Tobi at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Tobi range from Toby at 93.3% correlation to Lashon at 88.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 89.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Tanya with 117.2K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Kenric with 939 births (100% boys).

Tobi's share of births peaked at 102.9 births per million in 1975 (96.1 for girls in 1975 and 19.7 for boys in 2023). It reached its lowest point of 5.5 births per million (5% of peak) in 1934. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Tobi had 31.1 births per million, 30% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Toby

42.6k

93.32% (very strong)

Damon

67.9k

92.32% (very strong)

Tanya

117.2k

89.80% (very strong)

Windy

4,969

89.58% (very strong)

Lamont

24.1k

89.49% (very strong)

Mendy

2,943

89.40% (very strong)

Joby

1,232

89.23% (very strong)

Jamey

9,750

89.23% (very strong)

Billi

1,745

88.92% (very strong)

Kenric

939

88.90% (very strong)

Tobey

2,439

88.55% (very strong)

Lashon

2,245

88.45% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Tobi

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Tobi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Tobi is pronounced as TOH-bee, which has 2 syllables.

TOH-bee

100.0%

TOH-bee (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

T OW1 B IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like T OW1 B IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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