Tobin Boy
How popular is Tobin?
#3,180 boy name in 2025
37 baby boys were named Tobin in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
Tobin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,180 for boys (▼ 391 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,346 in 2015, #1,758 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (163 boys) |
| Highest rank | #719 in 1971 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 87% boys, 13% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tobin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tobin family of names ranked #2,360 for boys in 2025 (#2,040 the year before), with 42 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tobin | 37 | 88% |
| Tobyn | 5 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tobin is most popular
Babies named Tobin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Tobin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 33 | #2,522 |
| 1950s | 308 | #814 |
| 1960s | 667 | #736 |
| 1970s | 1,074 | #719 |
| 1980s | 454 | #1,362 |
| 1990s | 431 | #1,465 |
| 2000s | 1,006 | #1,188 |
| 2010s | 1,236 | #1,115 |
| 2020s | 361 | #1,758 |
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Questions
- Is Tobin a boy or girl name?
- Tobin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Tobin were boys.
- How popular is the name Tobin?
- 37 baby boys were named Tobin in the US in 2025, making it the 3180th most popular boy name.
- When was Tobin most popular?
- Tobin peaked in 2013, when 163 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #719 in 1971.
- How many people are named Tobin?
- 5,737 babies have been named Tobin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,356 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Tobin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tobin was most common in Ohio, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.