How Many People Are Named Tobias?
people named Tobias are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,203 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,322 babies named Tobias in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,523 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Greek form of TOBIAH. This is the name of the hero of the apocryphal Book of Tobit, which appears in many English versions of the Old Testament. It relates how Tobit's son Tobias, with the help of the angel Raphael, is able to drive away a demon who has plagued Sarah, who subsequently becomes his wife. This story was popular in the Middle Ages, and the name came into occasional use in parts of Europe at that time. In England it became common after the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tobias in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tobias alive today is about 17 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tobias first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2016, to 1,523 babies. In 2025, 1,201 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tobias has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #246, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #283.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #283 |
| Best rank | #246 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #349 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tobias alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tobias were born in California than in any other state: about 2,826 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tobias was given 1.8 times as often in Colorado, 1.7 times in Alaska and 1.7 times in Oregon.
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