Thompson

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#679
1887 · 8 births
Debut · boys
1882
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,725
since 1882

Thompson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thompson has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #679, 1887boys
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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#14,9425#2,33259
2024#15,2935#2,91543
2023—#3,41634
2022#11,2318#2,61651
2021—#2,27761
2020—#2,50551
2019—#2,26561
2018—#1,93776
2017#15,9025#2,34555
2016—#2,47751
2015—#2,32856
2014—#3,03837
2013—#3,26533
2012—#3,11536
2011—#3,88526
2010—#3,01438
2009—#3,39932
2008—#3,48631
2007—#3,09037
2006—#3,68627
2005—#3,38929
2004—#2,74138
2003—#3,04431
2002—#5,39513
2001—#3,61723
2000—#2,99329
1999—#2,60833
1998—#3,19124
1997—#2,90326
1996—#3,54919
1995—#3,43219
1994—#2,84725
1993—#2,34732
1992—#3,92015
1991—#2,98921
1990—#2,55326
1989—#2,10633
1988—#2,59922
1987—#3,20115
1986—#2,51021
1985—#5,7856
1984—#3,27013
1983—#3,41112
1982—#2,59618
1981—#6,2625
1980—#2,83116
1979—#2,46519
1978—#3,61410
1977—#3,38611
1976—#2,70915
1975—#2,90213
1974—#4,1907
1973—#2,51315
1972—#3,15210
1971—#3,9637
1970—#2,73912
1969—#2,54912
1968—#2,44512
1967—#2,24213
1966—#2,9868
1965—#1,98716
1964—#1,85019
1963—#2,41412
1962—#2,36412
1961—#1,94818
1960—#2,21014
1959—#2,03316
1958—#1,72421
1957—#1,83719
1956—#1,76520
1955—#1,90217
1954—#1,95616
1953—#2,09914
1952—#1,61522
1951—#1,34430
1950—#1,57222
1949—#1,54423
1948—#1,37828
1947—#1,91616
1946—#1,69218
1945—#1,58118
1944—#1,43822
1943—#1,83316
1942—#1,46723
1941—#1,44622
1940—#1,57319
1939—#1,53219
1938—#1,74116
1937—#1,68817
1936—#1,87214
1935—#2,5299
1934—#1,72517
1933—#1,64418
1932—#2,10113
1931—#2,32811
1930—#1,49624
1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,90217
1927—#2,12115
1926—#1,60522
1925—#1,80619
1924—#1,41428
1923—#1,87418
1922—#1,82719
1921—#1,82919
1920—#1,34829
1919—#1,97316
1918—#1,23132
1917—#1,81517
1916—#1,33526
1915—#1,30626
1914—#1,68714
1913—#2,0928
1912—#1,35313
1911—#1,5376
1910—#1,04510
1909—#1,4405
1908——
1907—#9998
1906——
1905—#1,2335
1904——
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1902—#1,0136
1901——
1900——
1899—#9286
1898—#1,1215
1897——
1896—#9007
1895—#7958
1894—#1,0745
1893——
1892——
1891—#7008
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887—#6798
1886——
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1882—#9435
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Thompson! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Thompson is popular in 1950

No state had 5 or more boys named Thompson in 1950, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 583 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #2,332)
  • 173 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #2,332)
  • 4 spots since 2015 (#2,328 → #2,332)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #795)
  • Biggest drop: 105 spots in 1896 (#795 → #900)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1887 at #679 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1895–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,649
  • Highest: 1 in 12,649 boys born in 1891 were named Thompson (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,950 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #679 in 1887, was only 1 in 12,676 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 17.2% of all boys named Thompson (469) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#679 (1887)#811
1890s39#700 (1891)#920
1900s24#999 (1907)#1,171
1910s168#1,045 (1910)#1,537
1920s207#1,348 (1920)#1,734
1930s158#1,496 (1930)#1,866
1940s205#1,378 (1948)#1,587
1950s197#1,344 (1951)#1,785
1960s136#1,850 (1964)#2,300
1970s119#2,465 (1979)#3,163
1980s161#2,106 (1989)#3,457
1990s240#2,347 (1993)#3,034
2000s290#2,741 (2004)#3,484
2010s469#1,937 (2018)#2,767
2020s299#2,277 (2021)#2,677

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.

Thompson in 1950

boys
#1,572
22 births · 1 in 81,376 boys

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #1,572Thompson22
More about 1950

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 81,376 of them was named Thompson, which outranked 62.5% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thompson
  1. #1,538Silverio23
  2. #1,538Timmothy23
  3. #1,538Vidal23
  4. #1,572Thompson22
  5. #1,572Alphonzo22
  6. #1,572Berton22
  7. #1,572Bohdan22
  8. #1,615Albino21
  9. #1,615Arch21
  10. #1,615Barnett21

Tied with 42 names at #1,572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →