Tobias is an established boys' name that peaked in 2016 and remains in steady use.
Tobias is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #283 for boy births in the United States (and #546 across all names), given to 1,201 babies. Tobias first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2016 (1,523 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,201 | 1,201 | #283 |
| 2024 | 1,220 | 1,220 | #280 |
| 2023 | 1,222 | 1,222 | #279 |
| 2022 | 1,262 | 1,262 | #275 |
| 2021 | 1,243 | 1,248 | #276 |
| 2020 | 1,295 | 1,295 | #263 |
| 2019 | 1,319 | 1,319 | #272 |
| 2018 | 1,295 | 1,295 | #273 |
| 2017 | 1,344 | 1,344 | #269 |
| 2016 | 1,523 | 1,523 | #246 |
| 2015 | 1,123 | 1,123 | #316 |
| 2014 | 743 | 743 | #418 |
| 2013 | 568 | 568 | #486 |
| 2012 | 520 | 520 | #509 |
| 2011 | 480 | 480 | #529 |
| 2010 | 495 | 495 | #522 |
| 2009 | 536 | 536 | #504 |
| 2008 | 507 | 507 | #529 |
| 2007 | 572 | 572 | #472 |
| 2006 | 552 | 552 | #480 |
| 2005 | 523 | 523 | #480 |
| 2004 | 493 | 493 | #496 |
| 2003 | 495 | 495 | #499 |
| 2002 | 427 | 427 | #527 |
| 2001 | 365 | 365 | #569 |
| 2000 | 341 | 341 | #586 |
| 1999 | 328 | 328 | #592 |
| 1998 | 317 | 317 | #593 |
| 1997 | 262 | — | #639 |
| 1996 | 203 | — | #746 |
| 1995 | 220 | — | #720 |
| 1994 | 186 | — | #777 |
| 1993 | 197 | — | #745 |
| 1992 | 163 | — | #829 |
| 1991 | 191 | — | #738 |
| 1990 | 199 | — | #724 |
| 1989 | 196 | — | #703 |
| 1988 | 186 | — | #689 |
| 1987 | 151 | — | #747 |
| 1986 | 171 | — | #697 |
| 1985 | 156 | — | #709 |
| 1984 | 144 | — | #729 |
| 1983 | 155 | — | #692 |
| 1982 | 194 | — | #624 |
| 1981 | 208 | — | #596 |
| 1980 | 246 | — | #547 |
| 1979 | 279 | — | #498 |
| 1978 | 282 | — | #485 |
| 1977 | 256 | — | #514 |
| 1976 | 277 | — | #476 |
| 1975 | 239 | — | #522 |
| 1974 | 212 | — | #554 |
| 1973 | 149 | — | #654 |
| 1972 | 140 | — | #681 |
| 1971 | 126 | — | #739 |
| 1970 | 142 | — | #701 |
| 1969 | 101 | — | #774 |
| 1968 | 58 | — | #967 |
| 1967 | 57 | — | #966 |
| 1966 | 51 | — | #1,025 |
| 1965 | 70 | — | #880 |
| 1964 | 47 | — | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 55 | — | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 43 | — | #1,201 |
| 1961 | 49 | — | #1,131 |
| 1960 | 45 | — | #1,177 |
| 1959 | 37 | — | #1,299 |
| 1958 | 30 | — | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 24 | — | #1,668 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #1,813 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,789 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #2,110 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,095 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | #1,457 |
| 1951 | 27 | — | #1,456 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | #1,429 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #1,579 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | #2,770 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #2,493 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #1,944 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #1,919 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #1,728 |
| 1943 | 15 | — | #1,983 |
| 1942 | 18 | — | #1,727 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,583 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,677 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | #2,042 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,149 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,492 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,834 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,701 |
| 1934 | 22 | — | #1,494 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #1,898 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,449 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,079 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,266 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,227 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #2,831 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | #1,951 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | #2,420 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,737 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | #1,959 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | #2,215 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,031 |
| 1921 | 24 | — | #1,581 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | #1,741 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,052 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | #1,592 |
| 1917 | 27 | — | #1,360 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | #1,641 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,870 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | #2,091 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,480 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,612 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,976 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,299 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,360 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #995 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,384 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,301 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #853 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,488 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,215 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,021 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,243 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #874 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | #669 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #908 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #753 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #878 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #800 |