Tommie

#2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births · #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
Given to boys 66.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1909 · 113 births
Debut · boys
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
34,446
since 1880

Tommie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #333, 1937peak #193, 1909girlsboys
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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#2,32678#3,45033
2024#3,11951#4,57122
2023#2,93657#3,56632
2022#3,59543#3,53332
2021#3,49144#3,36234
2020#3,45044#3,34433
2019#4,07235#2,76645
2018#3,10752#2,63547
2017#3,76940#2,75544
2016#5,98521#3,59630
2015#5,12726#2,76643
2014#13,0697#2,62246
2013#6,25520#2,80441
2012#6,34120#2,81142
2011#7,78315#2,40352
2010#9,79011#2,23958
2009#7,34117#2,48651
2008#6,79919#2,20760
2007#6,09322#2,09465
2006#5,23326#2,39851
2005#3,73039#1,72577
2004#4,60129#1,91164
2003#5,41922#1,84564
2002#4,76725#1,66071
2001#3,63136#1,51480
2000#3,59136#1,51479
1999#3,80431#1,47178
1998#3,22238#1,205102
1997#3,81529#1,41377
1996#3,56931#1,35979
1995#3,78028#1,30082
1994#3,44832#1,128101
1993#4,82620#1,042112
1992#4,08825#1,004117
1991#3,03637#893139
1990#3,62329#892133
1989#2,87938#860137
1988#2,64640#759155
1987#2,72336#763144
1986#2,17048#780135
1985#2,60137#728147
1984#2,34041#748135
1983#2,36040#679158
1982#2,22045#640182
1981#1,88757#645174
1980#1,70466#626195
1979#1,89755#657170
1978#1,61466#634173
1977#1,31588#627180
1976#1,33081#603182
1975#1,48169#582193
1974#1,36975#527227
1973#1,25483#552204
1972#1,33775#508238
1971#1,17697#520246
1970#1,050117#459312
1969#1,048109#460274
1968#1,13389#449292
1967#990106#456273
1966#966111#448293
1965#982111#425328
1964#990116#420371
1963#864147#414376
1962#967121#419364
1961#899144#401389
1960#897137#388415
1959#808160#382430
1958#759172#339509
1957#756174#347471
1956#700186#337489
1955#660201#328506
1954#673191#312530
1953#622203#302546
1952#552243#290582
1951#512262#277599
1950#504257#271596
1949#481278#279587
1948#487274#255652
1947#458320#257669
1946#459287#258587
1945#409302#223603
1944#379348#241561
1943#369376#249562
1942#367367#230603
1941#412278#224576
1940#414277#222557
1939#386293#234495
1938#382302#236509
1937#333351#215552
1936#371292#225504
1935#340351#232502
1934#348326#247465
1933#356310#229508
1932#348330#251462
1931#397271#237494
1930#367337#237533
1929#365333#238515
1928#374334#268452
1927#369346#256496
1926#371332#262464
1925#381318#257489
1924#390310#278416
1923#422253#256478
1922#384286#274425
1921#430252#275409
1920#437234#272414
1919#400258#247458
1918#405262#255433
1917#433219#264375
1916#438207#257372
1915#425204#276318
1914#424160#249296
1913#413142#251225
1912#419123#251199
1911#46179#198152
1910#43883#201129
1909#46366#193113
1908#44865#195106
1907#46858#20196
1906#38579#22279
1905#39772#24961
1904#42458#24260
1903#45150#19879
1902#44549#21967
1901#43546#23355
1900#44057#21981
1899#39653#28138
1898#40957#27443
1897#52132#27243
1896#52832#27045
1895#47138#28938
1894#53529#31931
1893#50030#34127
1892#44237#41521
1891#51425#31828
1890#49128#37622
1889#45429#30532
1888#55820#40421
1887#48921#39218
1886#43924#29833
1885#44622#54712
1884#64011#38621
1883#41121#59710
1882#6788#6918
1881#6238#53311
1880#54710#46515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tommie was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

Where Tommie is popular in 1888

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Tommie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,121 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #3,450)
  • 106 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #3,450)
  • 684 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #3,450)
  • Biggest jump: 249 spots in 1886 (#547 → #298)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1885 (#386 → #547)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1909 at #193 (113 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 97 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 112 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,451
  • Highest: 1 in 1,451 boys born in 1909 were named Tommie (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 17.3% of all boys named Tommie (5,957) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
  • Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s181#298 (1886)#462
1890s336#270 (1896)#316
1900s797#193 (1909)#217
1910s2,957#198 (1911)#245
1920s4,558#238 (1929)#264
1930s5,024#215 (1937)#234
1940s5,957#222 (1940)#244
1950s5,258#271 (1950)#319
1960s3,375#388 (1960)#428
1970s2,125#459 (1970)#567
1980s1,562#626 (1980)#723
1990s1,020#892 (1990)#1,171
2000s662#1,514 (2001)#1,935
2010s448#2,239 (2010)#2,740
2020s186#3,344 (2020)#3,638

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.

Tommie in 1888

girls
#558
20 births · 1 in 8,931 girls
boys
#404
21 births · 1 in 5,755 boys

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #558Tommie20

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #404Tommie21
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 8,931 of them was named Tommie, which outranked 62.1% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tommie
  1. #548Ester21
  2. #548Frank21
  3. #548Melinda21
  4. #558Tommie20
  5. #558Anastasia20
  6. #558Annetta20
  7. #558Ara20
  8. #572Adella19
  9. #572Alida19
  10. #572Annabelle19

Tied with 13 names at #558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

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

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 5,755 of them was named Tommie, which outranked 65.7% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tommie
  1. #398Napoleon22
  2. #398Sandy22
  3. #398Sanford22
  4. #404Tommie21
  5. #404Berry21
  6. #404Dwight21
  7. #404Emile21
  8. #416Addison20
  9. #416Alphonse20
  10. #416Basil20

Tied with 11 names at #404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Dell#921 → #505
  2. ↑ 416Reed#921 → #505
  3. ↑ 377Simeon#819 → #442
  4. ↑ 375Hardy#752 → #377
  5. ↑ 367Hazel#921 → #554
Fallers
  1. ↓ 487Connie#544 → #1,031
  2. ↓ 448Alice#583 → #1,031
  3. ↓ 448Shelton#583 → #1,031
  4. ↓ 401Bruno#516 → #917
  5. ↓ 401Young#516 → #917

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →