Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Thamas

#16,243 most common boys' name of all time · #42,375 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1935–1963

Rank among boys
#16,243
Rank overall
#42,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
89
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #2,503
Best rank
#2,503 1952
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
19401960

Thamas first appears in 1935. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1963 — 9 9 #3,004
1961 — 7 7 #3,568
1957 — 10 10 #2,785
1956 — 8 8 #3,167
1955 — 6 6 #3,805
1952 — 11 11 #2,503
1950 — 6 6 #3,632
1949 — 7 7 #3,265
1941 — 7 7 #3,123
1940 — 5 5 #3,899
1936 — 7 7 #3,144
1935 — 6 6 #3,644