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.

Thom

#5,322 most common boys' name of all time · #13,238 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2021

Rank among boys
#5,322
Rank overall
#13,238 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
844
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1961 #1,432
Best rank
#1,399 1948
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
192019401960198020002020

Thom first appears in 1917. 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
2021 — 5 5 #12,340
2019 — 5 5 #12,320
2016 — 5 5 #12,364
2013 — 5 5 #12,307
1999 — 5 5 #10,112
1994 — 8 8 #6,485
1993 — 8 8 #6,334
1990 — 7 7 #6,560
1989 — 5 5 #8,134
1988 — 9 9 #4,858
1987 — 5 5 #7,187
1986 — 9 9 #4,567
1985 — 9 9 #4,448
1984 — 10 10 #4,005
1983 — 9 9 #4,262
1982 — 9 9 #4,341
1981 — 15 15 #2,947
1980 — 13 13 #3,318
1978 — 12 12 #3,287
1977 — 7 7 #4,740
1976 — 7 7 #4,584
1975 — 6 6 #4,999
1974 — 17 17 #2,409
1973 — 12 12 #2,929
1972 — 13 13 #2,730
1971 — 12 12 #2,888
1970 — 13 13 #2,679
1969 — 17 17 #2,101
1968 — 24 24 #1,642
1967 — 16 16 #2,011
1966 — 16 16 #2,014
1965 — 14 14 #2,238
1964 — 15 15 #2,180
1963 — 19 19 #1,884
1962 — 23 23 #1,703
1961 — 32 32 #1,432
1960 — 18 18 #1,956
1959 — 23 23 #1,703
1958 — 29 29 #1,472
1957 — 11 11 #2,588
1956 — 16 16 #2,073
1955 — 20 20 #1,778
1954 — 14 14 #2,188
1953 — 24 24 #1,586
1952 — 15 15 #2,058
1951 — 17 17 #1,893
1950 — 18 18 #1,809
1949 — 16 16 #1,927
1948 — 28 28 #1,399
1947 — 28 28 #1,420
1946 — 25 25 #1,435
1945 — 16 16 #1,766
1944 — 15 15 #1,880
1943 — 16 16 #1,902
1942 — 20 20 #1,626
1941 — 14 14 #1,988
1938 — 9 9 #2,623
1937 — 8 8 #2,878
1936 — 6 6 #3,462
1935 — 9 9 #2,699
1925 — 6 6 #4,072
1917 — 7 7 #3,543