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How popular is the name Tobin?

Births per year, rank history and how many Tobins are alive today.

Tobin (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2011, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1447th most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 19% of its peak.

The Tobin you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Tobins born in England and Wales are between 10 and 22, and there are at least 280 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Tobin - on average, only one in every 1,083 such rooms contains a Tobin.

How many babies are named Tobin each year?

051015200020201996: 41997: 31998: 71999: 42000: 32001: 72002: 72003: 82004: 52005: 152006: 92007: 102008: 122009: 72010: 82011: 162012: 112013: 122014: 132015: 162016: 112017: 122018: 92019: 92020: 82021: 72022: 82023: 32024: 62025: 3actual

Where does Tobin rank among boys' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 1,6421999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 3,0362001: ranked 1,7462002: ranked 1,7992003: ranked 1,7712004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 1,2992006: ranked 1,8922007: ranked 1,8852008: ranked 1,7062009: ranked 2,5442010: ranked 2,4002011: ranked 1,4472012: ranked 1,9622013: ranked 1,7962014: ranked 1,7212015: ranked 1,5112016: ranked 2,0272017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 2,2592019: ranked 2,2662020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 2,7302022: ranked 2,5302023: ranked 4,9922024: ranked 3,2552025: ranked 5,137

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.

Chart: babies named Tobin per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 16 in 2011
Tobin: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Tobin most popular?

Tobin peaked in 2011, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Tobin?

At least 280 people named Tobin born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Tobin?

Most living Tobins are between 10 and 22; the most common age is about 12.

Is Tobin becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak.






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