Masculine dossier · first seen 1882
Toby
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 1975
Peak era
1975
Peak births
1,191
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Gen X
Quick answers about Toby
How many people are named Toby?
An estimated 30,222 living Americans are named Toby.
How rare is Toby?
Toby is uncommon among babies today, with 234 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 80.4% from its 1975 peak.
How old is the typical Toby?
The median age of a living American named Toby is approximately 45 years, with most bearers falling between 23 and 54 years old.
Is Toby still popular?
Not especially. Toby has been declining since its 1975 peak and registered 234 births in 2025.
Where is Toby most common?
Toby has its strongest geographic signal in New Mexico, where it appears 14.6× more often than the national baseline.
1882Peak 19752025
Peak year
1975
Decline from peak
80.4%
2025
234
All-time
34,846
Where it lives now
Toby is most concentrated in New Mexico — about 6.6× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Toby is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.