Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “God is good.” In 2024 it was given to 1,210 boys in the United States.
Tobias belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Greek tradition. Its meaning — “God is good” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Tobias first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #246 in 2016, and in 2024 1,210 babies received the name — 28,093 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Tobias means “God is good” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Tobias is a boy name. In 2024, 1,210 babies received the name in the US.
Tobias comes from the Biblical & Christian and Greek tradition.
Tobias first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #246 in 2016, and 1,210 babies were given the name in 2024.
Tobias is pronounced /təˈbaɪəs/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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