Tobie
Tobie was the 10838th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 1349th with 80 babies. More babies were named Tobie in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Toby) form of Tobias; "God is good" · Hebrew, English
- Rank in 2025
- #10,838 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- 60% girls, 40% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197580 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,321babies recorded
What does the name Tobie mean?
Tobie is a spelling of Toby, pronounced the same way, so it shares Toby's meaning and origin.
Toby is the medieval English everyday form of Tobias, from the Hebrew Toviyah, "God is good" (DMNES: "the goodness of God"). Tobias is the hero of the Book of Tobit, which is in the Catholic and Orthodox Old Testament. Wikipedia notes Toby can also come from the Irish surname Tobin. In the US it is mainly a boys' name and was most common in the 1970s.
טוביה (Hebrew, “Toviyah, "God is good"”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Tobias, Tobiah, Tobin, Tobey.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Toby', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Tobias', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Toby', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Tobie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,838 | — | 9 | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | #9,189 | #8,724 | 13 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,000 | #9,041 | 13 | 7 |
| 1990 | #8,451 | #4,647 | 10 | 12 |
| 1980 | #4,317 | #4,471 | 18 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,117 | #2,284 | 39 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,502 | — | 14 | — |
| 1950 | #2,896 | #2,195 | 14 | 13 |
| 1940 | #4,301 | — | 6 | — |
| 1930 | — | #4,498 | — | 5 |
| 1920 | — | #4,242 | — | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Tobie, counting every spelling?
Tobie is a spelling of Toby, a name family that ranked #1,517 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #10,838 for Tobie on its own. Together these spellings went to 123 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tobie?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tobie (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tobie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tobie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tobie?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Tobie are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 39 and 60. That makes Tobie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tobie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tobie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tobie
What does Tobie mean?
Tobie is a spelling of Toby, which means “form of Tobias; "God is good"” (Hebrew, English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Tobie?
Tobie was the 10838th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 1349th with 80 babies. More babies were named Tobie in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Tobie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 60% girls, 40% boys given the name Tobie in the US.