Given name · also Urdu

Tooba

Tooba is a feminine given name from Urdu, ultimately from Arabic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Tooba comes from Urdu, and ultimately from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

A transliteration of Urdu طوبیٰ, from Arabic طُوبَى; its root is Arabic ط ي ب.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Tooba through the years

Babies since 1880
45
0 boys · 45 girls
Most popular year
1997
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024620002025Highest share 19970.0
Tooba in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1994–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 411 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.

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Sibling ideas

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