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How popular is “Tobe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tobe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Tobe” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Tobe” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Tobe” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Tobe” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Tobe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tobe” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 15 0.000074448 15 -100%
1881 16 0.000083036 16 -100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 -100%
1919 19 0.000009004 19 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 14 0.000005277 5 9 -29%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 8 8 0%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 5 10 -33%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 6 10 -25%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%

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