Tomas

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #691 for boys in 2025, 394 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 18 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
30,703
since 1880

Tomas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tomas has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #395, 1881boys
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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—#691394
2024—#735355
2023—#723367
2022—#690385
2021—#741344
2020—#707355
2019—#687373
2018—#712341
2017—#700352
2016—#708345
2015—#720342
2014—#659390
2013—#692347
2012—#661358
2011—#632370
2010—#630385
2009—#573461
2008—#555475
2007—#527489
2006—#487535
2005—#488509
2004—#482515
2003—#468537
2002—#462523
2001—#479492
2000—#475494
1999—#489453
1998—#453495
1997—#473456
1996—#439510
1995—#472464
1994#13,4305#470462
1993—#494421
1992—#483435
1991—#477426
1990—#490393
1989—#500368
1988—#490353
1987#11,3255#504315
1986—#479330
1985—#482325
1984—#454339
1983—#489297
1982—#490301
1981—#456332
1980—#434359
1979—#520263
1978—#494269
1977—#482281
1976—#464285
1975—#490264
1974—#492266
1973—#492250
1972#7,2926#495254
1971—#528232
1970—#509250
1969—#543208
1968—#502226
1967—#525202
1966—#510220
1965—#554192
1964—#564196
1963—#560200
1962—#533225
1961—#555199
1960—#554203
1959—#556194
1958—#530212
1957—#547199
1956—#560184
1955—#526194
1954—#558171
1953—#515188
1952—#489207
1951—#517174
1950—#506175
1949—#466199
1948—#498174
1947—#490188
1946—#487173
1945—#465163
1944—#502146
1943—#494157
1942—#512142
1941—#482147
1940—#562111
1939—#547110
1938—#467154
1937—#521123
1936—#469144
1935—#490135
1934—#469145
1933—#519119
1932—#504130
1931—#548114
1930#4,5505#473157
1929—#497139
1928#4,1956#484159
1927—#481158
1926—#491149
1925—#502147
1924—#527143
1923—#482159
1922—#520141
1921—#574121
1920—#583114
1919—#62893
1918—#65189
1917—#74969
1916—#67178
1915—#75763
1914—#64262
1913—#62950
1912—#53955
1911—#70720
1910—#40743
1909—#49627
1908—#61318
1907—#42929
1906—#56817
1905—#54918
1904—#46621
1903—#55016
1902—#49019
1901—#50615
1900—#62316
1899—#45717
1898—#57314
1897—#65211
1896—#46219
1895—#9786
1894—#66810
1893—#7688
1892—#52515
1891—#8416
1890—#45816
1889—#6739
1888—#50515
1887—#7527
1886—#39720
1885—#43917
1884—#43318
1883—#49713
1882—#43717
1881—#39518
1880—#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tomas was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Tomas is popular in 1884

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Tomas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#735 → #691)
  • 16 spots since 2020 (#707 → #691)
  • 29 spots since 2015 (#720 → #691)
  • Biggest jump: 516 spots in 1896 (#978 → #462)
  • Biggest drop: 383 spots in 1891 (#458 → #841)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #395 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,678
  • Highest: 1 in 3,678 boys born in 2003 were named Tomas (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,335 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #395 in 1881, was only 1 in 5,596 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.4% of all boys named Tomas (5,030) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s152#395 (1881)#493
1890s122#457 (1899)#638
1900s196#429 (1907)#529
1910s622#407 (1910)#638
1920s1,430#481 (1927)#514
1930s1,331#467 (1938)#501
1940s1,600#465 (1945)#496
1950s1,898#489 (1952)#530
1960s2,071#502 (1968)#540
1970s2,614#464 (1976)#497
1980s3,319#434 (1980)#478
1990s4,515#439 (1996)#474
2000s5,030#462 (2002)#500
2010s3,603#630 (2010)#680
2020s2,200#690 (2022)#715

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.

Tomas in 1884

boys
#433
18 births · 1 in 6,358 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #433Tomas18
More about 1884

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 6,358 of them was named Tomas, which outranked 61.5% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tomas
  1. #416Walker19
  2. #416Wash19
  3. #416West19
  4. #433Tomas18
  5. #433Al18
  6. #433Aubrey18
  7. #433Benton18
  8. #450Addison17
  9. #450Adelbert17
  10. #450Adolphus17

Tied with 16 names at #433; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. ↑ 404Pierce#892 → #488
  2. ↑ 388Harlan#892 → #504
  3. ↑ 372Buck#892 → #520
  4. ↑ 345Noel#892 → #547
  5. ↑ 323Cleve#527 → #204
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Ernie#527 → #971
  2. ↓ 415Chin#556 → #971
  3. ↓ 388Newt#460 → #848
  4. ↓ 369Cal#479 → #848
  5. ↓ 351Omar#497 → #848

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

See the top 100 for 1884 →