Tobey

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tobey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tobey: Recorded every year since 2001, it reached #599 in 2004, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#599highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#1379
2002	#824
2003	#795
2004	#599
2005	#919
2006	#847
2007	#902
2008	#818
2009	#923
2010	#1289
2011	#1522
2012	#1962
2013	#2055
2014	#1721
2015	#1673
2016	#2175
2017	#3996
2018	#3011
2019	#2266
2020	#4608
2021	#2301
2022	#1609
2023	#2007
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #1379 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #599 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tobey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tobey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	242	9 of 10	27
2010s	111	10 of 10	11
2020s	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tobey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #599 in England and Wales in 2004.

Tobey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#902	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#847	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#599	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#795	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #599, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
40births registered in its largest year, 200425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ehsan · #599, 29y
Spike · #599, 29y
Shayaan · #598, 26y
Suleman · #600, 29y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aairah · #597, 16y
Emanuele · #601, 12y
Maksym · #601, 21y
Matus · #601, 14y

Tobey was ranked #599 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tobey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tobey without appearing here.

Tobey moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #4001.
Brent Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4608 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #3449.

Moved ahead of Tobey

Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1673 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2175 and #1431.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1363.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #923 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1289 and #668.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Tobey

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 while Albie went from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 while Alfie went from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 while Alfred went from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 while Archie went from #60 to #10.

Moved the same way as Tobey

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 and Aaron from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 and Alan from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobey went from #1379 to #2088 and Alex from #45 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #599 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tobey

Tobey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tobey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Tobey at a glance

Tobey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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