How Many People Are Named Tobin?

5,334

people named Tobin are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 64,076 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,737 babies named Tobin in Social Security records from 1941 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,574

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,357

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Peak Year

2013

163 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: TO-bin
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an English surname which was itself derived from the given name TOBIAS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

TobiasToviyyahTobiahTobyTopiTopiasToviaTuvyaTobiaszYahweh

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
3.1%
Male
96.9%

Of the babies given the name Tobin, 3.1% were girls and 96.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Tobin rose from 0% in the 1950s to 13% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Tobin alive today is about 31 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 50 in 2025.

Under 30 2,912
54.6%
30 to 59 1,907
35.8%
60 and over 514
9.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Tobin first appears in the records in 1941 and was given most often in 2013, to 163 babies. In 2025, 37 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1941 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Tobin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #720, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #3,230.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,230
Best rank#720 (1971)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,392 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Tobin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Tobin were born in California than in any other state: about 672 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tobin was given 3.8 times as often in Washington, 2.8 times in Michigan and 2.6 times in California.

California 672
Texas 309
Michigan 201
Washington 153
Ohio 149
Pennsylvania 79
Colorado 77
Illinois 70
New York 53
Indiana 48
Virginia 39
Massachusetts 37
Oregon 36
Wisconsin 29
Florida 22
Missouri 21
Nebraska 18
Georgia 17
Iowa 16
Arizona 15
Minnesota 15
New Jersey 10
Utah 10
North Carolina 6
Oklahoma 5
Kansas 4

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