Thomas

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #34 for boys in 2025, 6,917 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#8
1952 · 48,647 births
Debut · boys
1880
2,534 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,358,576
since 1880

Thomas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #8, 1952boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#346,917
2024#15,2935#396,596
2023#12,1977#416,625
2022#9,68010#456,512
2021#15,2515#466,680
2020#11,0908#456,452
2019—#476,667
2018#12,4647#496,840
2017#9,34111#497,187
2016#10,11310#487,367
2015#10,14810#507,204
2014#14,5586#547,043
2013#11,9698#616,799
2012#10,42910#636,855
2011#10,37410#636,929
2010#9,79011#627,136
2009#8,88813#577,728
2008—#528,370
2007#12,6768#528,935
2006#7,14217#519,514
2005#10,12810#4010,041
2004#3,68939#3710,504
2003#6,88516#3610,935
2002#7,44414#3611,293
2001#6,95615#3312,148
2000#4,98123#3312,638
1999#5,42419#3112,795
1998#5,79917#3112,889
1997#5,22819#3112,899
1996#3,56931#2813,804
1995#3,58530#2714,163
1994#4,68721#2714,910
1993#3,68129#2714,868
1992#3,21835#2715,290
1991#2,84341#2816,789
1990#2,64044#2618,231
1989#1,87370#2318,439
1988#1,255117#2318,806
1987#1,172125#2418,139
1986#1,129128#2617,362
1985#1,219113#2517,609
1984#1,144119#2517,596
1983#988147#2417,565
1982#1,213110#2317,578
1981#1,200109#2617,159
1980#1,189112#2517,564
1979#1,113122#2616,454
1978#1,037131#2316,481
1977#1,062123#2216,586
1976#1,149101#2316,122
1975#1,29186#2016,532
1974#1,19893#2017,268
1973#1,109101#1917,921
1972#1,14196#2019,557
1971#967131#1723,149
1970#953133#1726,669
1969#1,093103#1327,465
1968#939121#1227,420
1967#862138#1228,247
1966#940117#1029,003
1965#973112#931,595
1964#1,009113#934,463
1963#903135#935,490
1962#1,006114#936,529
1961#1,044110#937,565
1960#980119#939,278
1959#929127#940,296
1958#961115#942,088
1957#984111#944,625
1956#1,002104#944,836
1955#1,17572#845,855
1954#1,11878#847,159
1953#95498#847,008
1952#1,06778#848,647
1951#98290#848,275
1950#1,01681#845,596
1949#872101#845,192
1948#89095#843,780
1947#861103#844,842
1946#791108#838,877
1945#749100#831,874
1944#762100#831,604
1943#80791#832,874
1942#743103#831,100
1941#83875#826,641
1940#74186#823,991
1939#79774#922,129
1938#80776#921,381
1937#85066#919,772
1936#77676#818,342
1935#79273#917,684
1934#86562#917,373
1933#66696#1016,508
1932#70892#1016,834
1931#70889#1016,847
1930#612128#1117,008
1929#625121#1116,272
1928#588143#1116,582
1927#670116#1117,027
1926#693110#1116,592
1925#84178#1116,688
1924#80985#1116,555
1923#90166#1215,886
1922#89167#1115,261
1921#84876#1115,308
1920#79782#1114,936
1919#85866#1013,434
1918#86269#1013,910
1917#93355#1012,611
1916#97949#1011,998
1915#97946#1011,490
1914#85048#118,850
1913#88136#107,096
1912#86034#106,087
1911#89823#103,292
1910#1,03018#122,851
1909#1,21912#102,468
1908#82922#102,301
1907#1,14212#112,174
1906#1,04313#102,176
1905#87218#102,135
1904#91016#112,057
1903#1,2049#101,962
1902#87216#112,134
1901#96112#111,820
1900#94116#112,556
1899#1,1818#111,811
1898#1,04711#102,161
1897#78616#111,980
1896#99911#122,088
1895#85814#112,153
1894#1,0619#122,170
1893#73916#122,157
1892#72616#122,413
1891#75013#121,982
1890#9409#122,200
1889#75712#122,233
1888#69014#122,449
1887#9377#92,151
1886#8288#102,337
1885#7459#102,266
1884#68610#82,572
1883—#102,316
1882#53012#82,610
1881#50311#92,282
1880#6288#82,534
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Thomas was already there! It came in at #8, and was given to 2,534 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1909, when fewer than 2,700 boys a year got the name.

Where Thomas is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Thomas
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#39 → #34)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#45 → #34)
  • 16 spots since 2015 (#50 → #34)
  • Biggest jump: 7 spots in 2014 (#61 → #54)
  • Biggest drop: 11 spots in 2006 (#40 → #51)
Rise & fade · boys
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1952 at #8 (48,647 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: 58 yrs · run 1931–1966
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39
  • Highest: 1 in 39 boys born in 1951 were named Thomas (2.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 247 boys born in 2025 (0.40%)
  • Its best rank, #8 in 1952, was only 1 in 40 (2.5%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 19.3% of all boys named Thomas (454,385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23,750#8 (1882)#10
1890s21,115#10 (1898)#12
1900s21,783#10 (1909)#11
1910s91,619#10 (1918)#10
1920s161,107#11 (1927)#11
1930s183,878#8 (1936)#9
1940s350,775#8 (1949)#8
1950s454,385#8 (1952)#8
1960s327,055#9 (1960)#10
1970s186,739#17 (1970)#21
1980s177,817#23 (1988)#24
1990s146,638#26 (1990)#28
2000s102,106#33 (2000)#43
2010s70,027#47 (2019)#55
2020s39,782#34 (2025)#42

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Thomas in 1898

girls
#1,047
11 births · 1 in 23,524 girls
boys
#10
2,161 births · 1 in 57 boys

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #1,047Thomas11

Top boys' names in 1898

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 23,524 of them was named Thomas, which outranked 47.0% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thomas
  1. #1,009Verlie12
  2. #1,009Vivien12
  3. #1,009Zettie12
  4. #1,047Thomas11
  5. #1,047Abigail11
  6. #1,047Adline11
  7. #1,047Alene11
  8. #1,098Adel10
  9. #1,098Alverda10
  10. #1,098Andrew10

Tied with 50 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 57 of them was named Thomas, which outranked 99.2% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thomas
  1. #7Robert2,932
  2. #8Frank2,925
  3. #9Edward2,337
  4. #10Thomas2,161
  5. #11Henry2,145
  6. #12Harry2,129
  7. #13Walter2,002
Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 578Fitzhugh#942 → #364
  2. ↑ 534Carson#1,057 → #523
  3. ↑ 490Enos#942 → #452
  4. ↑ 484Annie#1,057 → #573
  5. ↑ 484Ernst#1,057 → #573
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Fate#438 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 648Ashley#473 → #1,121
  3. ↓ 626Ludwig#495 → #1,121
  4. ↓ 543Pierre#459 → #1,002
  5. ↓ 537Harve#584 → #1,121

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1898 →