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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

TobyIn Hebrew: טובי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Toby (Hebrew: טובי) is a girl's name of international origin. 797 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 17 girls and ranked #525. Its peak year was 1960, with 17 babies.

People in Israel
797
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
17
rank #525
Peak year
1960
17 babies
USA, 2025
101
rank #1,911

Writing and saying Toby

In Hebrew letters the name is טובי, read right to left. Toby is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Toby by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Toby: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Toby in English-speaking countries

Toby in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025101#1,9111941 (170)
United Kingdom202513#2,2062019 (17)
England and Wales202513#2,1372019 (17)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Toby has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Toby

How do you write Toby in Hebrew?

Toby is written טובי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Toby?

797 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name טובי: 569 women and 228 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Toby a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 71.4% of the people named טובי are women.

Is Toby used outside Israel?

The name Toby appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 101 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,911), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 13 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.