Tobi

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tobi: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #938, and it stood at #1,199 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#938highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2006	#5061
2014	#5691
2021	#5581

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #938 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #938 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1199 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tobi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 488 births with the name.

Tobi across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tobi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#938 (1996)	#938 (1996)	#1199 (2024)	29 of 29	488 (1996–2024)	29 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#4137 (2002)	#5581 (2021)	5 of 20	15 (2002–2021)	3 (2002)

Tobi 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 Tobi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000s	136	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	211	10 of 10	21
2020s	102	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Tobi 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #938 in England and Wales in 1996.

Tobi'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	#1199	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1139	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1095	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1124	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#964	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#938	15	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #938, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

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.

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.

Kloe · #938, 26y
Nayan · #938, 28y
Suhayb · #939, 27y
Amaal · #936, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Benito · #938, 23y
Israr · #938, 20y
Kloe · #938, 26y
Nayan · #938, 28y

Tobi was ranked #938 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Tobi 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 Tobi without appearing here.

Tobi moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1299 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1401 and #2538.
Brett Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1218 and #2301.
Roger Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #1548 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1218 and #2125.
Wayne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #1723 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1218 and #2125.

Moved ahead of Tobi

Magnus Compare
In 1997 they stood at #964 and #1113 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #850.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #964 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #924.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #964 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #1110.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1248 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #1160.

Moved the opposite way to Tobi

Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobi went from #2074 to #1224 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Tobi

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobi went from #2425 to #1199 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobi went from #2425 to #1199 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobi went from #2425 to #1199 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tobi went from #2425 to #1199 and Rune from #2943 to #1460.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #938 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tobi

Tobi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tobi across 2 official records

Tobi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Tobi at a glance

Tobi across 2 official records

Tobi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tobi

Tobi and the names beside it

Tobi moved ahead of

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