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How popular is the name Tobi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Tobis are alive today.
Tobi (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Toby in England and Wales, ranked 822nd in 2025 with 39 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Toby you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Tobies born in England and Wales are between 10 and 25, and there are at least 39,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Toby.
How many babies are named Tobi each year?
Includes all spellings: Tobi, Toby. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Tobi spelling rank?
Where does the Toby spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Tobi most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Toby, peaked in 2007, when 1,499 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Tobi spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 39 babies.
How many people are called Tobi?
At least 39,000 people named Tobi in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tobi?
Most living Tobis are between 10 and 25; the most common age is about 19.
Is Tobi becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.