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Tobias

Tobias means "Greek/Hebrew form of Tobiah" and comes from Greek, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2010s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

GreekGreek/Hebrew form of Tobiah
EtymologyMeaning "God is good"
Births by decade
1900s
37
1910s
144
1920s
155
1930s
107
1940s
160
1950s
243
1960s
577
1970s
2,101
1980s
1,799
1990s
2,263
2000s
4,786
2010s
6,739
Peaked in the 2010s · 19,111 total U.S. births since 1900