Tobi

Tobi is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Tobi are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 21%Female 79%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 21% male / 79% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Israel, Switzerland
US births since 1880: 428 male / 2,818 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Tobi

To address Tobi when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Tobi," in English, "Guten Tag Tobi," in German. About 21% of people named Tobi are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Tobi,

German

Guten Tag Tobi,

French

Bonjour Tobi,

Spanish

Estimado/a Tobi:

Chinese

Tobi您好：

Japanese

Tobi様

English

Hi Tobi,

German

Hi Tobi,

French

Salut Tobi,

Spanish

Hola Tobi,

Chinese

Tobi你好：

Japanese

Tobiさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Tobi by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	uncommon	woman's name	13%
Israel	rare	man's name	98%
Switzerland	rare	man's name	98%

United States birth data

428 male · 2,818 female · 3,246 births recorded

Male 13%Female 87%

Since 1980: 25% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tobi a male or female name?

Tobi is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Tobi are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Tobi in an email?

Is Tobi a unisex name?

Tobi is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Tobi are men. Tobi leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Tobi a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/tobi (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_tobi,
  title  = {Is Tobi a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/tobi},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}