Toby

Boy name

Toby ranks #17 out of 54,454 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 2,189 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #29 for cats.

Toby's popularity trend

Toby's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2014.

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Year	Share
2025	0.38%
2024	0.39%
2023	0.41%
2022	0.42%
2021	0.43%
2020	0.43%
2019	0.45%
2018	0.52%
2017	0.52%
2016	0.54%
2015	0.55%
2014	0.56%
2013	0.56%
2012	0.56%
2011	0.56%
2010	0.56%
2009	0.54%
2008	0.54%
2007	0.54%

Licensed dogs in our data

2,189

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#17

of 54,454 names in our data

5-year rank move

−11

2020 → 2025

Gender split

97% boys

3% girls97% boys

Where Toby shows up

Toby's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	0.9%
PlayfordAustralia	0.8%
BurnsideAustralia	0.8%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.5%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.4%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.4%
AdelaideAustralia	0.4%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.3%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.3%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.3%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%

Names like Toby

Tobi Tobias Tobby Tobey Tobie Tobbie Toblerone Scooby Coby Moby Koby Boby

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