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Tobias

Meaning: God is good
Origin: From Hebrew via Greek

Boy's name · #283 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Tobias reached its best rank, #246, in 2016 and ranked #283 in 2025. About 29,000 boys have carried it since 1880.

Across the states

See where Tobias is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Tobias is especially popular in Slovakia.

#8 in Slovakia (2025) · #14 in Czechia (2025) · #14 in Austria (2025) · #15 in Norway (2025) · #27 in Netherlands (2025) · #72 in New Zealand (2025) · #116 in England & Wales (2025) · #189 in Belgium (2025) · #206 in Scotland (2025) · #248 in Slovenia (2025) · #287 in Switzerland (2025) · #309 in N. Ireland (2025) and 6 more.

Famous Tobiases

Tobias Asser — Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838–1913)
Tobias Smollett — 18th-century poet and author from Scotland
Tobias Linderoth — Swedish association football player
Tobias Mayer — German astronomer
Tobias Wolff — Fiction writer, memoirist (born 1945)

In stories & tradition

Tobias — Book of Tobit (Bible)
Tobias Whale — Black Lightning (TV series)
Tobias Beckett — Solo: A Star Wars Story (film)

What Tobiases become

Among 4,410 notable people named Tobias:

Medical professionals appear 3.2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tobias Cohn, Polish physician.

Similar names: Ari · Toby · Xander · Mathias · Lukas · Adonis

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