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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #25 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 97 boysAKMaine: #30 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 97 boysMEVermont: #33 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 84 boysVTNew Hampshire: #25 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 72 boysNHWashington: #30 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 112 boysWAIdaho: #33 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 122 boysIDMontana: #32 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 108 boysMTNorth Dakota: #32 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 105 boysNDMinnesota: #30 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 95 boysMNIllinois: #21 for boys · 934 births · 1 in 84 boysILWisconsin: #26 for boys · 376 births · 1 in 82 boysWIMichigan: #22 for boys · 762 births · 1 in 80 boysMINew York: #14 for boys · 1,637 births · 1 in 69 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 74 boysMARhode Island: #14 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 54 boysRIOregon: #33 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 117 boysORNevada: #16 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 65 boysNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 78 boysWYSouth Dakota: #27 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 93 boysSDIowa: #31 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 105 boysIAIndiana: #27 for boys · 407 births · 1 in 94 boysINOhio: #21 for boys · 941 births · 1 in 80 boysOHPennsylvania: #13 for boys · 1,156 births · 1 in 62 boysPANew Jersey: #13 for boys · 664 births · 1 in 61 boysNJConnecticut: #15 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 60 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 1,150 births · 1 in 138 boysCAUtah: #36 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 128 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 103 boysCONebraska: #31 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 94 boysNEMissouri: #26 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 97 boysMOKentucky: #25 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 104 boysKYWest Virginia: #20 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 80 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 410 births · 1 in 74 boysVAMaryland: #16 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 74 boysMDDelaware: #14 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 55 boysDEArizona: #25 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 115 boysAZNew Mexico: #22 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 117 boysNMKansas: #34 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 120 boysKSArkansas: #27 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 118 boysARTennessee: #20 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 92 boysTNNorth Carolina: #21 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 92 boysNCSouth Carolina: #16 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 82 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #24 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 106 boysDCOklahoma: #26 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 104 boysOKLouisiana: #29 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 132 boysLAMississippi: #16 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 85 boysMSAlabama: #20 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 98 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 93 boysGAHawaii: #29 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 117 boysHITexas: #28 for boys · 709 births · 1 in 152 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 516 births · 1 in 91 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#13 · 1 in 61
  2. Pennsylvania#13 · 1 in 62
  3. Rhode Island#14 · 1 in 54
  4. Delaware#14 · 1 in 55
  5. New York#14 · 1 in 69

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#136641 in 61
Pennsylvania#131,1561 in 62
Delaware#14591 in 55
New York#141,6371 in 69
Rhode Island#14901 in 54
Connecticut#152641 in 60
Virginia#154101 in 74
Maryland#162741 in 74
Mississippi#162121 in 85
Nevada#16561 in 65
South Carolina#162421 in 82
Florida#185161 in 91
Alabama#202571 in 98
Tennessee#203251 in 92
West Virginia#201661 in 80
Georgia#213811 in 93
Illinois#219341 in 84
Massachusetts#214331 in 74
North Carolina#213931 in 92
Ohio#219411 in 80
Michigan#227621 in 80
New Mexico#22801 in 117
Wyoming#22341 in 78
District of Columbia#24721 in 106
Alaska#25311 in 97
Arizona#251551 in 115
Kentucky#252561 in 104
New Hampshire#25671 in 72
Missouri#263401 in 97
Oklahoma#261841 in 104
Wisconsin#263761 in 82
Arkansas#271261 in 118
Colorado#271831 in 103
Indiana#274071 in 94
South Dakota#27521 in 93
Texas#287091 in 152
California#291,1501 in 138
Hawaii#29531 in 117
Louisiana#292301 in 132
Maine#30671 in 97
Minnesota#302841 in 95
Washington#302161 in 112
Iowa#311871 in 105
Nebraska#311141 in 94
Montana#32471 in 108
North Dakota#32471 in 105
Idaho#33591 in 122
Oregon#331381 in 117
Vermont#33321 in 84
Kansas#341261 in 120
Utah#361281 in 128

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 1976

girls
#1,149
101 births · 1 in 14,506 girls
boys
#23
16,122 births · 1 in 97 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #1,149Thomas101

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #23Thomas16,122
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 14,506 of them was named Thomas, which outranked 89.5% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thomas
  1. #1,145Lidia102
  2. #1,145Rhea102
  3. #1,145Wilma102
  4. #1,149Thomas101
  5. #1,149Samara101
  6. #1,149Shane101
  7. #1,149Shante101
  8. #1,154Cindi100
  9. #1,154Juli100
  10. #1,154Lashawnda100

Tied with 4 names at #1,149; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 97 of them was named Thomas, which outranked 99.6% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thomas
  1. #20Steven16,650
  2. #21Timothy16,620
  3. #22Anthony16,601
  4. #23Thomas16,122
  5. #24Scott15,717
  6. #25Mark15,508
  7. #26Charles13,921
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,506Seneca#4,309 → #803
  2. ↑ 1,165Jameel#2,134 → #969
  3. ↑ 712Delvin#1,658 → #946
  4. ↑ 567Jerimy#1,530 → #963
  5. ↑ 510Jamaal#1,042 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,113Santino#1,000 → #2,113
  2. ↓ 511Carnell#900 → #1,411
  3. ↓ 453Nakia#337 → #790
  4. ↓ 395Charlton#938 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 376Benjiman#970 → #1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →