Toby: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TOH-bee · 2 syllables

Toby means “my good is YHWH”, from Hebrew.

The Middle English vernacular form of Tobias.

How popular is Toby?

Toby was the #977 name in the US in 2025, given to 335 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 40% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Toby in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Toby are older than 50; most are between 20 and 76. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Toby have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Toby means “my good is YHWH”. It comes from Hebrew.

Toby is pronounced TOH-bee.

Toby was the #977 name in the US in 2025, given to 335 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 40% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Toby are older than 50. Most are between 20 and 76.