Tobias

Meaning and origin of Tobias

Popularity of Tobias in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2023.
• Over recent years, Tobias has been stable (+1% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Tobias every 23 schools, all spellings combined.

Tobias in English-speaking countries

Tobias ranks 104^th in New Zealand, 105^th in England and Wales and 247^th in Northern Ireland, against 421^st in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  104^th boys’ name135 babies in 3 years1 boy in 365+3.2% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  105^th boys’ name1,463 babies in 3 years1 boy in 565−2.8% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  255^th boys’ name46 babies in 3 years1 boy in 968

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  247^th boys’ name23 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,107

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  281^st boys’ name134 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,268−5.1% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  280^th boys’ name3,643 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,411−0.7% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  279^th boys’ name41 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,462

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  465^th boys’ name21 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,420

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Tobyas (in French)20
• Thobias10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Tobias

• Youcef
• Zacharie
• Matthieu
• Ezekiel
• Joachim
• Mathieu
• Jacques
• Miguel
• Siméon
• Samaël
• Elliott
• Soulayman

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin