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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #8, 1952boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #10 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 43 boysAKMaine: #12 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 48 boysMEVermont: #8 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 35 boysVTNew Hampshire: #9 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 36 boysNHWashington: #11 for boys · 598 births · 1 in 52 boysWAIdaho: #11 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 56 boysIDMontana: #8 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 39 boysMTNorth Dakota: #9 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 44 boysNDMinnesota: #8 for boys · 1,294 births · 1 in 30 boysMNIllinois: #8 for boys · 3,136 births · 1 in 34 boysILWisconsin: #6 for boys · 1,616 births · 1 in 27 boysWIMichigan: #7 for boys · 2,734 births · 1 in 34 boysMINew York: #8 for boys · 5,162 births · 1 in 33 boysNYMassachusetts: #9 for boys · 1,618 births · 1 in 33 boysMARhode Island: #10 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 37 boysRIOregon: #11 for boys · 389 births · 1 in 47 boysORNevada: #12 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 53 boysNVWyoming: #9 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 39 boysWYSouth Dakota: #10 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 41 boysSDIowa: #9 for boys · 801 births · 1 in 38 boysIAIndiana: #9 for boys · 1,283 births · 1 in 41 boysINOhio: #8 for boys · 3,277 births · 1 in 33 boysOHPennsylvania: #8 for boys · 3,881 births · 1 in 31 boysPANew Jersey: #6 for boys · 2,046 births · 1 in 27 boysNJConnecticut: #8 for boys · 841 births · 1 in 28 boysCTCalifornia: #10 for boys · 2,912 births · 1 in 53 boysCAUtah: #20 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 86 boysUTColorado: #10 for boys · 432 births · 1 in 44 boysCONebraska: #8 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 36 boysNEMissouri: #11 for boys · 1,027 births · 1 in 46 boysMOKentucky: #11 for boys · 645 births · 1 in 57 boysKYWest Virginia: #10 for boys · 466 births · 1 in 48 boysWVVirginia: #9 for boys · 950 births · 1 in 46 boysVAMaryland: #9 for boys · 726 births · 1 in 41 boysMDDelaware: #8 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 30 boysDEArizona: #11 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 61 boysAZNew Mexico: #11 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 69 boysNMKansas: #14 for boys · 406 births · 1 in 60 boysKSArkansas: #15 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 71 boysARTennessee: #11 for boys · 744 births · 1 in 56 boysTNNorth Carolina: #10 for boys · 951 births · 1 in 58 boysNCSouth Carolina: #8 for boys · 622 births · 1 in 50 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #8 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 44 boysDCOklahoma: #15 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 67 boysOKLouisiana: #15 for boys · 528 births · 1 in 76 boysLAMississippi: #11 for boys · 415 births · 1 in 71 boysMSAlabama: #11 for boys · 626 births · 1 in 62 boysALGeorgia: #11 for boys · 825 births · 1 in 59 boysGAHawaii: #11 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 72 boysHITexas: #11 for boys · 1,602 births · 1 in 76 boysTXFlorida: #9 for boys · 784 births · 1 in 52 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#6 · 1 in 27
  2. New Jersey#6 · 1 in 27
  3. Michigan#7 · 1 in 34
  4. Connecticut#8 · 1 in 28
  5. Minnesota#8 · 1 in 30

Best ever in a state: #4 in Hawaii, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#62,0461 in 27
Wisconsin#61,6161 in 27
Michigan#72,7341 in 34
Connecticut#88411 in 28
Delaware#81411 in 30
District of Columbia#83361 in 44
Illinois#83,1361 in 34
Minnesota#81,2941 in 30
Montana#81931 in 39
Nebraska#84281 in 36
New York#85,1621 in 33
Ohio#83,2771 in 33
Pennsylvania#83,8811 in 31
South Carolina#86221 in 50
Vermont#81131 in 35
Florida#97841 in 52
Indiana#91,2831 in 41
Iowa#98011 in 38
Maryland#97261 in 41
Massachusetts#91,6181 in 33
New Hampshire#91591 in 36
North Dakota#91771 in 44
Virginia#99501 in 46
Wyoming#9931 in 39
Alaska#10701 in 43
California#102,9121 in 53
Colorado#104321 in 44
North Carolina#109511 in 58
Rhode Island#102491 in 37
South Dakota#102011 in 41
West Virginia#104661 in 48
Alabama#116261 in 62
Arizona#112131 in 61
Georgia#118251 in 59
Hawaii#11961 in 72
Idaho#111321 in 56
Kentucky#116451 in 57
Mississippi#114151 in 71
Missouri#111,0271 in 46
New Mexico#111691 in 69
Oregon#113891 in 47
Tennessee#117441 in 56
Texas#111,6021 in 76
Washington#115981 in 52
Maine#122131 in 48
Nevada#12431 in 53
Kansas#144061 in 60
Arkansas#152961 in 71
Louisiana#155281 in 76
Oklahoma#153681 in 67
Utah#201321 in 86

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1954

girls
#1,118
78 births · 1 in 24,896 girls
boys
#8
47,159 births · 1 in 43 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #1,118Thomas78

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 24,896 of them was named Thomas, which outranked 83.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thomas
  1. #1,108Jaye79
  2. #1,108Sandi79
  3. #1,108Tresa79
  4. #1,118Thomas78
  5. #1,118Jacki78
  6. #1,118Juli78
  7. #1,118Lidia78
  8. #1,123Drucilla77
  9. #1,123Hillary77
  10. #1,123Jacqulyn77

Tied with 4 names at #1,118; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 43 of them was named Thomas, which outranked 99.8% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thomas
  1. #5David79,556
  2. #6William61,426
  3. #7Richard57,042
  4. #8Thomas47,159
  5. #9Gary37,920
  6. #10Charles37,463
  7. #11Steven36,628
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →