Given name
Tobiah
“The Lord is good”
Tobiah is a variant of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.”
Original Hebrewטוביה
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tobiah is a variant of Tobias. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is good.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tobiah is a variant of Tobias. An origin associated with Tobias is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tobiah is a variant of Tobias. The history of Tobias gives this family its wider story. Tobias appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Tobiah appears in 2 Chronicles 17:8, Nehemiah 4:3, Nehemiah 4:7 and 3 other passages.
- 2 Chronicles 17:8
- Nehemiah 4:3
- Nehemiah 4:7
- Nehemiah 6:1
- Nehemiah 6:17
- Nehemiah 13:8
From biblical name research
Tobiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 683
- 683 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,843 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,843 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 553 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Tobshares a root
- Tebethshares a root
- Tabbathshares a root
- Ahitubshares a root
- Abitubshares a root
- Tobadonijahshares a root
- Mehetabelshares a root
- Tabrimmonshares a root
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