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Tobias

Pronounced /təˈbaɪəs/

Rank in 2024
#280
Born in 2024
1,210
Peak year
2016 · #246
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,210 boys were named Tobias, about 1 in every 1,418.
  • It peaked in 2016 with 1,523 babies, ranked #246.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 28,093 boys have been named Tobias since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Tobias per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.7
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 313 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 227 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 540 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,685 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,921 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,206 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,135 babies, 0.65 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Derived from Ancient Greek Τωβίας (Tōbías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/təˈbaɪəs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Tobias, CC BY-SA 4.0.