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
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 113 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 34,446since 1880
Tommie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,326 | 78 | #3,450 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #2,936 | 57 | #3,566 | 32 |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 | #3,533 | 32 |
| 2021 | #3,491 | 44 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #3,450 | 44 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | #2,635 | 47 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | #2,755 | 44 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #2,622 | 46 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | #2,804 | 41 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #2,403 | 52 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #2,239 | 58 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | #2,486 | 51 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #2,207 | 60 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #1,725 | 77 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #1,911 | 64 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | #1,845 | 64 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #1,660 | 71 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #1,514 | 80 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | #1,514 | 79 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #1,471 | 78 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | #1,205 | 102 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | #1,413 | 77 |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 | #1,359 | 79 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | #1,300 | 82 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | #1,128 | 101 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #1,042 | 112 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #1,004 | 117 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | #893 | 139 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 | #892 | 133 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 | #860 | 137 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 | #759 | 155 |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | #763 | 144 |
| 1986 | #2,170 | 48 | #780 | 135 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #728 | 147 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #748 | 135 |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | #679 | 158 |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | #640 | 182 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 | #645 | 174 |
| 1980 | #1,704 | 66 | #626 | 195 |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 | #657 | 170 |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 | #634 | 173 |
| 1977 | #1,315 | 88 | #627 | 180 |
| 1976 | #1,330 | 81 | #603 | 182 |
| 1975 | #1,481 | 69 | #582 | 193 |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 | #527 | 227 |
| 1973 | #1,254 | 83 | #552 | 204 |
| 1972 | #1,337 | 75 | #508 | 238 |
| 1971 | #1,176 | 97 | #520 | 246 |
| 1970 | #1,050 | 117 | #459 | 312 |
| 1969 | #1,048 | 109 | #460 | 274 |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 | #449 | 292 |
| 1967 | #990 | 106 | #456 | 273 |
| 1966 | #966 | 111 | #448 | 293 |
| 1965 | #982 | 111 | #425 | 328 |
| 1964 | #990 | 116 | #420 | 371 |
| 1963 | #864 | 147 | #414 | 376 |
| 1962 | #967 | 121 | #419 | 364 |
| 1961 | #899 | 144 | #401 | 389 |
| 1960 | #897 | 137 | #388 | 415 |
| 1959 | #808 | 160 | #382 | 430 |
| 1958 | #759 | 172 | #339 | 509 |
| 1957 | #756 | 174 | #347 | 471 |
| 1956 | #700 | 186 | #337 | 489 |
| 1955 | #660 | 201 | #328 | 506 |
| 1954 | #673 | 191 | #312 | 530 |
| 1953 | #622 | 203 | #302 | 546 |
| 1952 | #552 | 243 | #290 | 582 |
| 1951 | #512 | 262 | #277 | 599 |
| 1950 | #504 | 257 | #271 | 596 |
| 1949 | #481 | 278 | #279 | 587 |
| 1948 | #487 | 274 | #255 | 652 |
| 1947 | #458 | 320 | #257 | 669 |
| 1946 | #459 | 287 | #258 | 587 |
| 1945 | #409 | 302 | #223 | 603 |
| 1944 | #379 | 348 | #241 | 561 |
| 1943 | #369 | 376 | #249 | 562 |
| 1942 | #367 | 367 | #230 | 603 |
| 1941 | #412 | 278 | #224 | 576 |
| 1940 | #414 | 277 | #222 | 557 |
| 1939 | #386 | 293 | #234 | 495 |
| 1938 | #382 | 302 | #236 | 509 |
| 1937 | #333 | 351 | #215 | 552 |
| 1936 | #371 | 292 | #225 | 504 |
| 1935 | #340 | 351 | #232 | 502 |
| 1934 | #348 | 326 | #247 | 465 |
| 1933 | #356 | 310 | #229 | 508 |
| 1932 | #348 | 330 | #251 | 462 |
| 1931 | #397 | 271 | #237 | 494 |
| 1930 | #367 | 337 | #237 | 533 |
| 1929 | #365 | 333 | #238 | 515 |
| 1928 | #374 | 334 | #268 | 452 |
| 1927 | #369 | 346 | #256 | 496 |
| 1926 | #371 | 332 | #262 | 464 |
| 1925 | #381 | 318 | #257 | 489 |
| 1924 | #390 | 310 | #278 | 416 |
| 1923 | #422 | 253 | #256 | 478 |
| 1922 | #384 | 286 | #274 | 425 |
| 1921 | #430 | 252 | #275 | 409 |
| 1920 | #437 | 234 | #272 | 414 |
| 1919 | #400 | 258 | #247 | 458 |
| 1918 | #405 | 262 | #255 | 433 |
| 1917 | #433 | 219 | #264 | 375 |
| 1916 | #438 | 207 | #257 | 372 |
| 1915 | #425 | 204 | #276 | 318 |
| 1914 | #424 | 160 | #249 | 296 |
| 1913 | #413 | 142 | #251 | 225 |
| 1912 | #419 | 123 | #251 | 199 |
| 1911 | #461 | 79 | #198 | 152 |
| 1910 | #438 | 83 | #201 | 129 |
| 1909 | #463 | 66 | #193 | 113 |
| 1908 | #448 | 65 | #195 | 106 |
| 1907 | #468 | 58 | #201 | 96 |
| 1906 | #385 | 79 | #222 | 79 |
| 1905 | #397 | 72 | #249 | 61 |
| 1904 | #424 | 58 | #242 | 60 |
| 1903 | #451 | 50 | #198 | 79 |
| 1902 | #445 | 49 | #219 | 67 |
| 1901 | #435 | 46 | #233 | 55 |
| 1900 | #440 | 57 | #219 | 81 |
| 1899 | #396 | 53 | #281 | 38 |
| 1898 | #409 | 57 | #274 | 43 |
| 1897 | #521 | 32 | #272 | 43 |
| 1896 | #528 | 32 | #270 | 45 |
| 1895 | #471 | 38 | #289 | 38 |
| 1894 | #535 | 29 | #319 | 31 |
| 1893 | #500 | 30 | #341 | 27 |
| 1892 | #442 | 37 | #415 | 21 |
| 1891 | #514 | 25 | #318 | 28 |
| 1890 | #491 | 28 | #376 | 22 |
| 1889 | #454 | 29 | #305 | 32 |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 | #404 | 21 |
| 1887 | #489 | 21 | #392 | 18 |
| 1886 | #439 | 24 | #298 | 33 |
| 1885 | #446 | 22 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | #386 | 21 |
| 1883 | #411 | 21 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | #533 | 11 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | #465 | 15 |
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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#261 · 1 in 1,986
- Mississippi#267 · 1 in 1,821
- Missouri#390 · 1 in 4,564
- Illinois#410 · 1 in 3,974
- Tennessee#459 · 1 in 5,642
Best ever in a state: #40 in Mississippi, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #261 | 13 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Mississippi | #267 | 9 | 1 in 1,821 |
| Missouri | #390 | 8 | 1 in 4,564 |
| Illinois | #410 | 21 | 1 in 3,974 |
| Tennessee | #459 | 6 | 1 in 5,642 |
| Ohio | #522 | 9 | 1 in 8,546 |
| Georgia | #540 | 8 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Florida | #730 | 8 | 1 in 10,558 |
| Texas | #951 | 9 | 1 in 16,012 |
| California | #1,681 | 6 | 1 in 42,040 |
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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 Tommie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #193 (113 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 97 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1880–1991
- 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%)
- 17.3% of all boys named Tommie (5,957) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 181 | #298 (1886) | #462 |
| 1890s | 336 | #270 (1896) | #316 |
| 1900s | 797 | #193 (1909) | #217 |
| 1910s | 2,957 | #198 (1911) | #245 |
| 1920s | 4,558 | #238 (1929) | #264 |
| 1930s | 5,024 | #215 (1937) | #234 |
| 1940s | 5,957 | #222 (1940) | #244 |
| 1950s | 5,258 | #271 (1950) | #319 |
| 1960s | 3,375 | #388 (1960) | #428 |
| 1970s | 2,125 | #459 (1970) | #567 |
| 1980s | 1,562 | #626 (1980) | #723 |
| 1990s | 1,020 | #892 (1990) | #1,171 |
| 2000s | 662 | #1,514 (2001) | #1,935 |
| 2010s | 448 | #2,239 (2010) | #2,740 |
| 2020s | 186 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 44,521 of them was named Tommie, which outranked 80.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,597Yocheved41
- #2,597Yuriko41
- #2,597Zaneta41
- #2,646Tommie40
- #2,646Aarika40
- #2,646Addison40
- #2,646Alexsandra40
- #2,700Adelaide39
- #2,700Alivia39
- #2,700Bionca39
Tied with 53 names at #2,646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 12,350 of them was named Tommie, which outranked 91.1% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).