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How popular is “Tobey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tobey” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Tobey” 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 “Tobey” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Tobey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tobey” 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
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 13 0.000004759 8 5 23%
1943 19 0.000006731 10 9 5%
1944 16 0.000005948 9 7 13%
1945 13 0.0000049 8 5 23%
1946 10 0.00000313 5 5 0%
1947 22 0.000006107 12 10 9%
1948 21 0.000006083 12 9 14%
1949 21 0.000006026 12 9 14%
1950 13 0.000003711 8 5 23%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 13 6 37%
1953 19 0.00000493 11 8 16%
1954 16 0.000004019 11 5 38%
1955 18 0.000004483 10 8 11%
1956 25 0.000006063 10 15 -20%
1957 24 0.000005711 10 14 -17%
1958 29 0.000007015 9 20 -38%
1959 23 0.000005532 10 13 -13%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 7 6 8%
1963 39 0.000009853 19 20 -3%
1964 41 0.000010546 26 15 27%
1965 34 0.000009378 19 15 12%
1966 27 0.000007768 13 14 -4%
1967 23 0.000006775 9 14 -22%
1968 42 0.000012432 21 21 0%
1969 36 0.000010359 16 20 -11%
1970 49 0.000013587 26 23 6%
1971 54 0.000015733 22 32 -19%
1972 70 0.000022272 32 38 -9%
1973 76 0.000025192 37 39 -3%
1974 96 0.000031579 47 49 -2%
1975 106 0.000035106 53 53 0%
1976 72 0.000023729 21 51 -42%
1977 57 0.000017944 23 34 -19%
1978 56 0.000017644 21 35 -25%
1979 32 0.000009618 11 21 -31%
1980 45 0.000013064 16 29 -29%
1981 33 0.000009539 8 25 -52%
1982 13 0.000003706 5 8 -23%
1983 19 0.000005486 7 12 -26%
1984 16 0.000004586 5 11 -38%
1985 21 0.000005884 7 14 -33%
1986 15 0.000004217 7 8 -7%
1987 22 0.000006102 8 14 -27%
1988 24 0.000006495 10 14 -17%
1989 15 0.000003902 6 9 -20%
1990 16 0.000004048 5 11 -38%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 19 0.000004946 5 14 -47%
1993 15 0.000003978 6 9 -20%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 7 10 -18%
1996 14 0.000003839 6 8 -14%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 -100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 -100%
2002 50 0.000013375 50 -100%
2003 85 0.000022355 85 -100%
2004 77 0.000020152 77 -100%
2005 73 0.000018986 5 68 -86%
2006 41 0.000010364 41 -100%
2007 46 0.000011507 46 -100%
2008 39 0.000009922 39 -100%
2009 44 0.000011518 44 -100%
2010 37 0.000010012 37 -100%
2011 28 0.000007655 28 -100%
2012 26 0.000007109 26 -100%
2013 21 0.00000576 21 -100%
2014 25 0.000006745 25 -100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 -100%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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