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Tobias

“God is good” — Hebrew via Greek origin

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

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

Around the world: #8 in Slovakia (2025) · #14 in Austria (2025) · #14 in Czechia (2025) · #15 in Norway (2025) · #27 in Netherlands (2025).

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

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 (b. 1945)

In stories & tradition

• Tobias — Book of Tobit
• Tobias Whale — Black Lightning
• Tobias Beckett — Solo: A Star Wars Story

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 · Johan · Lukas · Mathias · Isaias

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