Toby dog name
We found 5,406 dogs named Toby in the public pet registers of 30 places. Combining all places, Toby is the #12 dog name. It is a top-ten name in Playford, Miranda, Villavicencio and Nariño (municipality). Almost all dogs named Toby are male.
🐱 Toby is also a popular cat name (#44 for cats, 325 cats).
Toby as a dog name, by place
| Place | Rank | Dogs | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County United States | #17 of 51,228 | 1,694 | 2003–2026 |
| New York City United States | #17 of 34,500 | 1,331 | 2014–2025 |
| South Australia Australia | #31 in top 100 | 1,334 | 2025 |
| Toronto Canada | #13 of 10,500 | 268 | 2019 |
| Seattle United States | #34 of 8,191 | 72 | 2026 |
| Playford Australia | #9 of 4,586 | 133 | 2015 |
| Cambridge United States | #42 of 4,375 | 32 | 2017–2026 |
| Vancouver Canada | #16 of 4,602 | 51 | 1999–2026 |
| Zurich Switzerland | #130 of 5,788 | 8 | 2025 |
| Noosa Australia | #24 of 3,045 | 43 | 2017 |
| Laval Canada | #18 of 2,965 | 46 | 2017–2026 |
| Worcester United States | #42 of 2,906 | 21 | 2026 |
| Maple Ridge Canada | #61 of 2,440 | 16 | 2026 |
| Basel Switzerland | #297 of 3,446 | 3 | 2026 |
| Victoria Canada | #29 of 2,588 | 21 | 2025 |
| Surf Coast Shire Australia | #17 of 1,974 | 34 | 2016 |
| Golden Plains Shire Australia | #14 of 2,062 | 31 | 2016 |
| Burnside Australia | #13 of 1,888 | 41 | 2015 |
| Framingham United States | #22 of 1,965 | 20 | 2020 |
| Richmond United States | #48 of 2,347 | 9 | 2018 |
| Tacoma United States | #17 of 1,917 | 16 | 2021 |
| Corangamite Shire Australia | #21 of 1,161 | 13 | 2023 |
| Port Moody Canada | #25 of 1,280 | 10 | 2019 |
| Miranda Colombia | #2 of 758 | 54 | 2024 |
| Villavicencio Colombia | #3 of 717 | 40 | 2026 |
| Adelaide Australia | #17 of 958 | 7 | 2014 |
| Prospect Australia | #21 of 518 | 6 | 2016 |
| Fusagasugá Colombia | #12 of 498 | 11 | 2021–2025 |
| Burlington United States | #12 of 641 | 5 | 2022 |
| Nariño (municipality) Colombia | #1 of 353 | 36 | 2020 |
Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Toby. Click a column to sort. See data sources.
Female or male?
90 female and 3,515 male dogs named Toby, in the places that record sex.
Toby over the years
Dogs named Toby per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.
Breeds of dogs named Toby
Compared to all dogs, Toby is especially common among Silky Terriers (3.0×), Fox Terriers (2.5×), Maltipoos (2.0×), Malteses (1.9×) and Cairn Terriers (1.9×).
Based on 3,235 dogs named Toby with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.
Famous dogs named Toby
From Wikidata. More famous dogs
Toby as a baby name
Toby was the #1911 girls' name in the US in 2025 (101 babies).Toby was the #977 boys' name in the US in 2025 (234 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #63 for boys in Wales, #73 for boys in New Zealand, #89 for boys in England and Wales and #126 for boys in Northern Ireland. See Toby as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.
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