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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #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 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #44 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 161 boysAKMaine: #24 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 124 boysMEVermont: #27 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 113 boysVTNew Hampshire: #20 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 108 boysNHWashington: #46 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 242 boysWAIdaho: #36 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 182 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 108 boysMTNorth Dakota: #30 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 146 boysNDMinnesota: #36 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 204 boysMNIllinois: #45 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 237 boysILWisconsin: #55 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 248 boysWIMichigan: #38 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 212 boysMINew York: #38 for boys · 430 births · 1 in 218 boysNYMassachusetts: #22 for boys · 239 births · 1 in 118 boysMARhode Island: #23 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 112 boysRIOregon: #45 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 226 boysORNevada: #76 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 292 boysNVWyoming: #28 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 100 boysWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 198 boysSDIowa: #60 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 252 boysIAIndiana: #44 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 226 boysINOhio: #42 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 226 boysOHPennsylvania: #45 for boys · 277 births · 1 in 202 boysPANew Jersey: #45 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 204 boysNJConnecticut: #36 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 145 boysCTCalifornia: #79 for boys · 577 births · 1 in 352 boysCAUtah: #29 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 171 boysUTColorado: #50 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 251 boysCONebraska: #68 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 258 boysNEMissouri: #36 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 195 boysMOKentucky: #52 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 223 boysKYWest Virginia: #70 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 253 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 191 boysVAMaryland: #48 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 215 boysMDDelaware: #64 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 191 boysDEArizona: #70 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 272 boysAZNew Mexico: #82 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 292 boysNMKansas: #51 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 232 boysKSArkansas: #57 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 251 boysARTennessee: #38 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 205 boysTNNorth Carolina: #34 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 203 boysNCSouth Carolina: #21 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 154 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #19 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 101 boysDCOklahoma: #59 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 260 boysOKLouisiana: #45 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 240 boysLAMississippi: #17 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 160 boysMSAlabama: #19 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 158 boysALGeorgia: #46 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 237 boysGAHawaii: #46 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 194 boysHITexas: #74 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 337 boysTXFlorida: #58 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 287 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#16 · 1 in 108
  2. Mississippi#17 · 1 in 160
  3. District of Columbia#19 · 1 in 101
  4. Alabama#19 · 1 in 158
  5. New Hampshire#20 · 1 in 108

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#16311 in 108
Mississippi#17801 in 160
Alabama#191431 in 158
District of Columbia#19371 in 101
New Hampshire#20401 in 108
South Carolina#211341 in 154
Massachusetts#222391 in 118
Rhode Island#23301 in 112
Maine#24321 in 124
Vermont#27131 in 113
Wyoming#28141 in 100
Utah#291131 in 171
North Dakota#30261 in 146
North Carolina#342471 in 203
Connecticut#36911 in 145
Idaho#36431 in 182
Minnesota#361281 in 204
Missouri#361531 in 195
Virginia#362071 in 191
Michigan#382081 in 212
New York#384301 in 218
Tennessee#381721 in 205
Ohio#422501 in 226
Alaska#44181 in 161
Indiana#441491 in 226
Illinois#452431 in 237
Louisiana#45941 in 240
New Jersey#451951 in 204
Oregon#45731 in 226
Pennsylvania#452771 in 202
Georgia#462191 in 237
Hawaii#46201 in 194
Washington#461411 in 242
Maryland#481211 in 215
Colorado#501031 in 251
Kansas#51611 in 232
Kentucky#52921 in 223
Wisconsin#551011 in 248
Arkansas#57531 in 251
Florida#583301 in 287
Oklahoma#59711 in 260
South Dakota#59191 in 198
Iowa#60571 in 252
Delaware#64171 in 191
Nebraska#68351 in 258
Arizona#701231 in 272
West Virginia#70291 in 253
Texas#745181 in 337
Nevada#76441 in 292
California#795771 in 352
New Mexico#82261 in 292

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 2019

boys
#47
6,667 births · 1 in 269 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #47Thomas6,667
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 269 of them was named Thomas, which outranked 99.7% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thomas
  1. #44Christopher7,022
  2. #45Josiah6,847
  3. #46Andrew6,815
  4. #47Thomas6,667
  5. #48Joshua6,631
  6. #49Ezra6,552
  7. #50Hudson6,493
Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →