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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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
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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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #986 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,668 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedALGeorgia: #909 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,868 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Thompson, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#909 · 1 in 6,868
  2. North Carolina#986 · 1 in 8,668

Best ever in a state: #228 in New Mexico, 1944.

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Georgia#90981 in 6,868
North Carolina#98661 in 8,668
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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 Thompson
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 2015

boys
#2,328
56 births · 1 in 34,228 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #2,328Thompson56
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 34,228 of them was named Thompson, which outranked 83.4% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thompson
  1. #2,300Trevin57
  2. #2,300True57
  3. #2,300Yisrael57
  4. #2,328Thompson56
  5. #2,328Abdallah56
  6. #2,328Adair56
  7. #2,328Coltin56
  8. #2,355Aman55
  9. #2,355Amere55
  10. #2,355Avyaan55

Tied with 26 names at #2,328; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →