Thomas
Rank in 2025
#11932
recorded as girls
Up 3,361 since 2024
#34
recorded as boys
Up 5 since 2024
Babies in 2025
6,924
girls 7 · boys 6,917
Peak year
1951
48,275 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
2,367,087
since 1880
Born a Thomas? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Thomas was most popular in 1951, when 48,275 babies recorded as boys got the name (25.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 6,917 babies were named Thomas, ranking #34 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 11932 | 6,917 | 34 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15293 | 6,596 | 39 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12197 | 6,625 | 41 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9680 | 6,512 | 45 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15251 | 6,680 | 46 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11090 | 6,452 | 45 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 6,667 | 47 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12464 | 6,840 | 49 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9341 | 7,187 | 49 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10113 | 7,367 | 48 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10148 | 7,204 | 50 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14558 | 7,043 | 54 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11969 | 6,799 | 61 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | 6,855 | 63 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10374 | 6,929 | 63 |
| 2010 | 11 | 9790 | 7,136 | 62 |
| 2009 | 13 | 8888 | 7,728 | 57 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 8,370 | 52 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12676 | 8,935 | 52 |
| 2006 | 17 | 7142 | 9,514 | 51 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10128 | 10,041 | 40 |
| 2004 | 39 | 3689 | 10,504 | 37 |
| 2003 | 16 | 6885 | 10,935 | 36 |
| 2002 | 14 | 7444 | 11,293 | 36 |
| 2001 | 15 | 6956 | 12,148 | 33 |
| 2000 | 23 | 4981 | 12,638 | 33 |
| 1999 | 19 | 5424 | 12,795 | 31 |
| 1998 | 17 | 5799 | 12,889 | 31 |
| 1997 | 19 | 5228 | 12,899 | 31 |
| 1996 | 31 | 3569 | 13,804 | 28 |
| 1995 | 30 | 3585 | 14,163 | 27 |
| 1994 | 21 | 4687 | 14,910 | 27 |
| 1993 | 29 | 3681 | 14,868 | 27 |
| 1992 | 35 | 3218 | 15,290 | 27 |
| 1991 | 41 | 2843 | 16,789 | 28 |
| 1990 | 44 | 2640 | 18,231 | 26 |
| 1989 | 70 | 1873 | 18,439 | 23 |
| 1988 | 117 | 1255 | 18,806 | 23 |
| 1987 | 125 | 1172 | 18,139 | 24 |
| 1986 | 128 | 1129 | 17,362 | 26 |
| 1985 | 113 | 1219 | 17,609 | 25 |
| 1984 | 119 | 1144 | 17,596 | 25 |
| 1983 | 147 | 988 | 17,565 | 24 |
| 1982 | 110 | 1213 | 17,578 | 23 |
| 1981 | 109 | 1200 | 17,159 | 26 |
| 1980 | 112 | 1189 | 17,564 | 25 |
| 1979 | 122 | 1113 | 16,454 | 26 |
| 1978 | 131 | 1037 | 16,481 | 23 |
| 1977 | 123 | 1062 | 16,586 | 22 |
| 1976 | 101 | 1149 | 16,122 | 23 |
| 1975 | 86 | 1291 | 16,532 | 20 |
| 1974 | 93 | 1198 | 17,268 | 20 |
| 1973 | 101 | 1109 | 17,921 | 19 |
| 1972 | 96 | 1141 | 19,557 | 20 |
| 1971 | 131 | 967 | 23,149 | 17 |
| 1970 | 133 | 953 | 26,669 | 17 |
| 1969 | 103 | 1093 | 27,465 | 13 |
| 1968 | 121 | 939 | 27,420 | 12 |
| 1967 | 138 | 862 | 28,247 | 12 |
| 1966 | 117 | 940 | 29,003 | 10 |
| 1965 | 112 | 973 | 31,595 | 9 |
| 1964 | 113 | 1009 | 34,463 | 9 |
| 1963 | 135 | 903 | 35,490 | 9 |
| 1962 | 114 | 1006 | 36,529 | 9 |
| 1961 | 110 | 1044 | 37,565 | 9 |
| 1960 | 119 | 980 | 39,278 | 9 |
| 1959 | 127 | 929 | 40,296 | 9 |
| 1958 | 115 | 961 | 42,088 | 9 |
| 1957 | 111 | 984 | 44,625 | 9 |
| 1956 | 104 | 1002 | 44,836 | 9 |
| 1955 | 72 | 1175 | 45,855 | 8 |
| 1954 | 78 | 1118 | 47,159 | 8 |
| 1953 | 98 | 954 | 47,008 | 8 |
| 1952 | 78 | 1067 | 48,647 | 8 |
| 1951 | 90 | 982 | 48,275 | 8 |
| 1950 | 81 | 1016 | 45,596 | 8 |
| 1949 | 101 | 872 | 45,192 | 8 |
| 1948 | 95 | 890 | 43,780 | 8 |
| 1947 | 103 | 861 | 44,842 | 8 |
| 1946 | 108 | 791 | 38,877 | 8 |
| 1945 | 100 | 749 | 31,874 | 8 |
| 1944 | 100 | 762 | 31,604 | 8 |
| 1943 | 91 | 807 | 32,874 | 8 |
| 1942 | 103 | 743 | 31,100 | 8 |
| 1941 | 75 | 838 | 26,641 | 8 |
| 1940 | 86 | 741 | 23,991 | 8 |
| 1939 | 74 | 797 | 22,129 | 9 |
| 1938 | 76 | 807 | 21,381 | 9 |
| 1937 | 66 | 850 | 19,772 | 9 |
| 1936 | 76 | 776 | 18,342 | 8 |
| 1935 | 73 | 792 | 17,684 | 9 |
| 1934 | 62 | 865 | 17,373 | 9 |
| 1933 | 96 | 666 | 16,508 | 10 |
| 1932 | 92 | 708 | 16,834 | 10 |
| 1931 | 89 | 708 | 16,847 | 10 |
| 1930 | 128 | 612 | 17,008 | 11 |
| 1929 | 121 | 625 | 16,272 | 11 |
| 1928 | 143 | 588 | 16,582 | 11 |
| 1927 | 116 | 670 | 17,027 | 11 |
| 1926 | 110 | 693 | 16,592 | 11 |
| 1925 | 78 | 841 | 16,688 | 11 |
| 1924 | 85 | 809 | 16,555 | 11 |
| 1923 | 66 | 901 | 15,886 | 12 |
| 1922 | 67 | 891 | 15,261 | 11 |
| 1921 | 76 | 848 | 15,308 | 11 |
| 1920 | 82 | 797 | 14,936 | 11 |
| 1919 | 66 | 858 | 13,434 | 10 |
| 1918 | 69 | 862 | 13,910 | 10 |
| 1917 | 55 | 933 | 12,611 | 10 |
| 1916 | 49 | 979 | 11,998 | 10 |
| 1915 | 46 | 979 | 11,490 | 10 |
| 1914 | 48 | 850 | 8,850 | 11 |
| 1913 | 36 | 881 | 7,096 | 10 |
| 1912 | 34 | 860 | 6,087 | 10 |
| 1911 | 23 | 898 | 3,292 | 10 |
| 1910 | 18 | 1030 | 2,851 | 12 |
| 1909 | 12 | 1219 | 2,468 | 10 |
| 1908 | 22 | 829 | 2,301 | 10 |
| 1907 | 12 | 1142 | 2,174 | 11 |
| 1906 | 13 | 1043 | 2,176 | 10 |
| 1905 | 18 | 872 | 2,135 | 10 |
| 1904 | 16 | 910 | 2,057 | 11 |
| 1903 | 9 | 1204 | 1,962 | 10 |
| 1902 | 16 | 872 | 2,134 | 11 |
| 1901 | 12 | 961 | 1,820 | 11 |
| 1900 | 16 | 941 | 2,556 | 11 |
| 1899 | 8 | 1181 | 1,811 | 11 |
| 1898 | 11 | 1047 | 2,161 | 10 |
| 1897 | 16 | 786 | 1,980 | 11 |
| 1896 | 11 | 999 | 2,088 | 12 |
| 1895 | 14 | 858 | 2,153 | 11 |
| 1894 | 9 | 1061 | 2,170 | 12 |
| 1893 | 16 | 739 | 2,157 | 12 |
| 1892 | 16 | 726 | 2,413 | 12 |
| 1891 | 13 | 750 | 1,982 | 12 |
| 1890 | 9 | 940 | 2,200 | 12 |
| 1889 | 12 | 757 | 2,233 | 12 |
| 1888 | 14 | 690 | 2,449 | 12 |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | 2,151 | 9 |
| 1886 | 8 | 828 | 2,337 | 10 |
| 1885 | 9 | 745 | 2,266 | 10 |
| 1884 | 10 | 686 | 2,572 | 8 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 2,316 | 10 |
| 1882 | 12 | 530 | 2,610 | 8 |
| 1881 | 11 | 503 | 2,282 | 9 |
| 1880 | 8 | 628 | 2,534 | 8 |
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Where Thomas is most popular
- Vermont2.4×
- District of Columbia2.3×
- Wyoming2.3×
- New Hampshire2.1×
- Massachusetts2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years