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.

Thomas

#10 most common boys' name of all time · #11 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#10
Rank overall
#11 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
2,367,087
Since 2016
67,913
Peak year
1952 #8
Best rank
#8 1880
Girls Boys peak 48,725/yr
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Thomas is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 6,917 6,924 #34
2024 5 6,596 6,601 #39
2023 7 6,625 6,632 #41
2022 10 6,512 6,522 #45
2021 5 6,680 6,685 #46
2020 8 6,452 6,460 #45
2019 6,667 6,667 #47
2018 7 6,840 6,847 #49
2017 11 7,187 7,198 #49
2016 10 7,367 7,377 #48
2015 10 7,204 7,214 #51
2014 6 7,043 7,049 #54
2013 8 6,799 6,807 #61
2012 10 6,855 6,865 #63
2011 10 6,929 6,939 #63
2010 11 7,136 7,147 #62
2009 13 7,728 7,741 #57
2008 8,370 8,370 #52
2007 8 8,935 8,943 #52
2006 17 9,514 9,531 #51
2005 10 10,041 10,051 #40
2004 39 10,504 10,543 #37
2003 16 10,935 10,951 #36
2002 14 11,293 11,307 #36
2001 15 12,148 12,163 #33
2000 23 12,638 12,661 #33
1999 19 12,795 12,814 #31
1998 17 12,889 12,906 #31
1997 19 12,899 12,918 #31
1996 31 13,804 13,835 #28
1995 30 14,163 14,193 #27
1994 21 14,910 14,931 #27
1993 29 14,868 14,897 #27
1992 35 15,290 15,325 #27
1991 41 16,789 16,830 #28
1990 44 18,231 18,275 #26
1989 70 18,439 18,509 #23
1988 117 18,806 18,923 #23
1987 125 18,139 18,264 #24
1986 128 17,362 17,490 #26
1985 113 17,609 17,722 #25
1984 119 17,596 17,715 #25
1983 147 17,565 17,712 #24
1982 110 17,578 17,688 #23
1981 109 17,159 17,268 #26
1980 112 17,564 17,676 #25
1979 122 16,454 16,576 #26
1978 131 16,481 16,612 #23
1977 123 16,586 16,709 #22
1976 101 16,122 16,223 #23
1975 86 16,532 16,618 #20
1974 93 17,268 17,361 #20
1973 101 17,921 18,022 #19
1972 96 19,557 19,653 #20
1971 131 23,149 23,280 #17
1970 133 26,669 26,802 #17
1969 103 27,465 27,568 #13
1968 121 27,420 27,541 #12
1967 138 28,247 28,385 #12
1966 117 29,003 29,120 #10
1965 112 31,595 31,707 #9
1964 113 34,463 34,576 #9
1963 135 35,490 35,625 #9
1962 114 36,529 36,643 #9
1961 110 37,565 37,675 #9
1960 119 39,278 39,397 #9
1959 127 40,296 40,423 #9
1958 115 42,088 42,203 #9
1957 111 44,625 44,736 #9
1956 104 44,836 44,940 #9
1955 72 45,855 45,927 #8
1954 78 47,159 47,237 #8
1953 98 47,008 47,106 #8
1952 78 48,647 48,725 #8
1951 90 48,275 48,365 #8
1950 81 45,596 45,677 #8
1949 101 45,192 45,293 #8
1948 95 43,780 43,875 #8
1947 103 44,842 44,945 #8
1946 108 38,877 38,985 #8
1945 100 31,874 31,974 #8
1944 100 31,604 31,704 #8
1943 91 32,874 32,965 #8
1942 103 31,100 31,203 #8
1941 75 26,641 26,716 #8
1940 86 23,991 24,077 #8
1939 74 22,129 22,203 #9
1938 76 21,381 21,457 #9
1937 66 19,772 19,838 #9
1936 76 18,342 18,418 #8
1935 73 17,684 17,757 #9
1934 62 17,373 17,435 #9
1933 96 16,508 16,604 #10
1932 92 16,834 16,926 #10
1931 89 16,847 16,936 #10
1930 128 17,008 17,136 #11
1929 121 16,272 16,393 #11
1928 143 16,582 16,725 #11
1927 116 17,027 17,143 #11
1926 110 16,592 16,702 #11
1925 78 16,688 16,766 #11
1924 85 16,555 16,640 #11
1923 66 15,886 15,952 #12
1922 67 15,261 15,328 #11
1921 76 15,308 15,384 #11
1920 82 14,936 15,018 #11
1919 66 13,434 13,500 #10
1918 69 13,910 13,979 #10
1917 55 12,611 12,666 #10
1916 49 11,998 12,047 #10
1915 46 11,490 11,536 #10
1914 48 8,850 8,898 #11
1913 36 7,096 7,132 #10
1912 34 6,087 6,121 #10
1911 23 3,292 3,315 #10
1910 18 2,851 2,869 #12
1909 12 2,468 2,480 #10
1908 22 2,301 2,323 #10
1907 12 2,174 2,186 #11
1906 13 2,176 2,189 #10
1905 18 2,135 2,153 #10
1904 16 2,057 2,073 #11
1903 9 1,962 1,971 #10
1902 16 2,134 2,150 #11
1901 12 1,820 1,832 #11
1900 16 2,556 2,572 #11
1899 8 1,811 1,819 #11
1898 11 2,161 2,172 #10
1897 16 1,980 1,996 #11
1896 11 2,088 2,099 #12
1895 14 2,153 2,167 #11
1894 9 2,170 2,179 #12
1893 16 2,157 2,173 #12
1892 16 2,413 2,429 #12
1891 13 1,982 1,995 #12
1890 9 2,200 2,209 #12
1889 12 2,233 2,245 #12
1888 14 2,449 2,463 #12
1887 7 2,151 2,158 #9
1886 8 2,337 2,345 #10
1885 9 2,266 2,275 #10
1884 10 2,572 2,582 #8
1883 2,316 2,316 #10
1882 12 2,610 2,622 #8
1881 11 2,282 2,293 #9
1880 8 2,534 2,542 #8