Tomie

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to boys 65.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1902 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
904
since 1886

Tomie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #1,811, 1924peak #687, 1902girlsboys
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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——
2024——
2023#13,4626—
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003——
2002#13,5956—
2001——
2000——
1999#9,4799—
1998——
1997——
1996#13,5185—
1995——
1994——
1993#9,5598—
1992#10,4797—
1991——
1990#11,4096—
1989——
1988——
1987#11,3255—
1986——
1985#7,5638—
1984——
1983—#6,2385
1982——
1981#9,1106—
1980——
1979#9,0106#5,3556
1978——
1977#8,4446—
1976#5,60110—
1975#7,9846—
1974#5,01111—
1973——
1972——
1971#6,6197—
1970——
1969#7,4715—
1968—#4,1365
1967#4,6259—
1966——
1965——
1964#6,7675#3,6016
1963#4,8968—
1962#5,2937#4,0335
1961——
1960—#3,3377
1959#6,2455—
1958—#3,5596
1957——
1956#4,8377#3,2167
1955—#2,9648
1954—#3,4526
1953——
1952#5,5635#2,6809
1951#4,3857#2,6629
1950#4,7386#3,0217
1949#4,2357#3,6905
1948——
1947—#2,49810
1946—#2,6908
1945——
1944#4,0546#2,6338
1943#4,1966#2,40510
1942#3,1949#2,38610
1941—#2,4919
1940—#2,32210
1939—#1,71216
1938#3,1818#2,32610
1937#4,2555#1,68817
1936—#3,1476
1935—#1,83715
1934—#1,93214
1933#4,2185#1,82915
1932#3,2748#1,54821
1931#2,9729#1,69318
1930#3,0559#1,88916
1929#2,09816#1,56422
1928#3,7437#1,70720
1927#2,09518#1,46826
1926#2,87211#1,43226
1925#2,01819#1,53424
1924#1,81123#1,49226
1923#2,09118#1,69621
1922#2,10918#1,47026
1921#2,76212#1,47526
1920#2,46314#1,54324
1919#2,38414#1,09739
1918#2,20916#1,37327
1917#2,31614#1,69319
1916#4,4175#1,37425
1915#3,7956#1,18130
1914#3,1886#1,26022
1913#2,8276#1,20518
1912#2,9795#1,13717
1911—#85615
1910—#98111
1909—#71415
1908—#1,1137
1907—#81511
1906—#9278
1905—#8369
1904—#1,0646
1903—#1,1305
1902—#68711
1901—#9436
1900—#1,0507
1899——
1898—#7449
1897—#1,0575
1896—#1,1015
1895——
1894——
1893—#7059
1892—#68810
1891—#7667
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886—#8456
1885——
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1880——
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Tomie! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Tomie is popular in 1902

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Tomie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
  • Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #714)
  • Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1903 (#687 → #1,130)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1902 at #687 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1891–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,933
  • Highest: 1 in 10,933 boys born in 1909 were named Tomie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #687 in 1902, was only 1 in 11,151 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.7% of all boys named Tomie (241) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1985
  • Mostly boys until 1984, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#845 (1886)#845
1890s45#688 (1892)#844
1900s85#687 (1902)#928
1910s223#856 (1911)#1,216
1920s241#1,432 (1926)#1,538
1930s148#1,548 (1932)#1,960
1940s70#2,322 (1940)#2,639
1950s52#2,662 (1951)#3,079
1960s23#3,337 (1960)#3,777
1970s6#5,355 (1979)#5,355
1980s5#6,238 (1983)#6,238

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.

Tomie in 1902

boys
#687
11 births · 1 in 11,151 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #687Tomie11
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 11,151 of them was named Tomie, which outranked 48.0% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tomie
  1. #651West12
  2. #651Wm12
  3. #651Zeno12
  4. #687Tomie11
  5. #687Abel11
  6. #687Annie11
  7. #687Arvel11
  8. #744Adelbert10
  9. #744Alberto10
  10. #744Alden10

Tied with 56 names at #687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. ↑ 551Judge#1,058 → #507
  2. ↑ 522Ottis#1,058 → #536
  3. ↑ 502Lonzo#1,058 → #556
  4. ↑ 475Eldred#1,058 → #583
  5. ↑ 468Rogers#943 → #475
Fallers
  1. ↓ 541Carmen#596 → #1,137
  2. ↓ 541Alf#596 → #1,137
  3. ↓ 541Orrin#596 → #1,137
  4. ↓ 528Davis#334 → #862
  5. ↓ 500Guadalupe#433 → #933

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

See the top 100 for 1902 →