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.

Tom

#246 most common boys' name of all time · #539 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#246
Rank overall
#539 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
140,370
Since 2016
656
Peak year
1959 #82
Best rank
#40 1880
Girls Boys peak 5,080/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Tom 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 — 65 65 #2,183
2024 — 48 48 #2,715
2023 — 50 50 #2,614
2022 — 60 60 #2,355
2021 — 64 64 #2,193
2020 — 58 58 #2,324
2019 — 87 87 #1,777
2018 — 66 66 #2,122
2017 — 88 88 #1,747
2016 — 70 70 #2,028
2015 — 70 70 #2,036
2014 — 77 77 #1,884
2013 — 82 82 #1,763
2012 — 83 83 #1,787
2011 — 83 83 #1,755
2010 — 80 80 #1,816
2009 — 99 99 #1,604
2008 — 96 96 #1,620
2007 — 94 94 #1,638
2006 — 109 109 #1,427
2005 — 125 125 #1,258
2004 — 107 107 #1,360
2003 — 132 132 #1,141
2002 — 140 140 #1,076
2001 — 96 96 #1,345
2000 — 99 99 #1,301
1999 — 116 116 #1,130
1998 — 132 132 #1,024
1997 — 125 125 #1,016
1996 — 126 126 #990
1995 — 134 134 #959
1994 — 116 116 #1,030
1993 — 146 146 #882
1992 — 151 151 #861
1991 — 194 194 #728
1990 — 214 214 #693
1989 — 189 189 #719
1988 — 189 189 #684
1987 — 177 177 #683
1986 — 188 188 #652
1985 — 180 180 #653
1984 — 186 186 #624
1983 — 200 200 #604
1982 — 197 197 #616
1981 — 243 243 #538
1980 — 235 235 #562
1979 — 261 261 #523
1978 — 244 244 #527
1977 — 285 285 #480
1976 7 317 324 #438
1975 — 303 303 #463
1974 — 424 424 #372
1973 6 452 458 #363
1972 — 581 581 #316
1971 5 867 872 #256
1970 — 1,130 1,130 #219
1969 — 1,214 1,214 #206
1968 — 1,363 1,363 #185
1967 8 1,491 1,499 #175
1966 7 1,850 1,857 #153
1965 6 2,497 2,503 #127
1964 8 3,292 3,300 #107
1963 6 3,698 3,704 #103
1962 7 4,171 4,178 #98
1961 10 4,731 4,741 #88
1960 11 4,894 4,905 #86
1959 12 5,068 5,080 #82
1958 6 4,356 4,362 #96
1957 — 3,354 3,354 #116
1956 10 1,914 1,924 #161
1955 6 1,513 1,519 #180
1954 6 1,388 1,394 #188
1953 5 1,377 1,382 #184
1952 — 1,439 1,439 #181
1951 — 1,522 1,522 #168
1950 9 1,823 1,832 #145
1949 9 2,543 2,552 #114
1948 13 3,429 3,442 #94
1947 11 3,922 3,933 #87
1946 10 3,624 3,634 #87
1945 10 2,893 2,903 #89
1944 9 2,902 2,911 #87
1943 7 2,909 2,916 #87
1942 13 2,875 2,888 #89
1941 9 2,500 2,509 #88
1940 8 2,287 2,295 #92
1939 8 2,028 2,036 #97
1938 14 1,931 1,945 #106
1937 12 1,807 1,819 #108
1936 8 1,695 1,703 #112
1935 13 1,725 1,738 #110
1934 — 1,579 1,579 #112
1933 10 1,425 1,435 #117
1932 13 1,538 1,551 #116
1931 8 1,363 1,371 #125
1930 13 1,336 1,349 #132
1929 16 1,270 1,286 #134
1928 17 1,305 1,322 #135
1927 13 1,269 1,282 #138
1926 10 1,252 1,262 #138
1925 20 1,216 1,236 #138
1924 14 1,097 1,111 #149
1923 13 1,131 1,144 #144
1922 13 1,084 1,097 #145
1921 11 1,092 1,103 #144
1920 15 1,207 1,222 #131
1919 14 1,059 1,073 #140
1918 16 1,104 1,120 #139
1917 11 981 992 #138
1916 15 971 986 #139
1915 14 869 883 #142
1914 12 735 747 #137
1913 5 573 578 #135
1912 10 538 548 #124
1911 5 365 370 #105
1910 — 428 428 #82
1909 — 340 340 #88
1908 — 340 340 #80
1907 7 313 320 #83
1906 6 298 304 #80
1905 — 317 317 #77
1904 — 318 318 #74
1903 — 295 295 #73
1902 6 312 318 #75
1901 — 291 291 #67
1900 — 469 469 #53
1899 — 288 288 #66
1898 — 337 337 #64
1897 — 298 298 #63
1896 — 339 339 #62
1895 6 335 341 #62
1894 — 343 343 #60
1893 — 349 349 #60
1892 — 381 381 #58
1891 — 318 318 #60
1890 — 347 347 #58
1889 — 379 379 #50
1888 — 416 416 #49
1887 — 329 329 #52
1886 6 383 389 #50
1885 — 361 361 #48
1884 — 394 394 #47
1883 6 386 392 #44
1882 — 390 390 #47
1881 — 349 349 #43
1880 — 399 399 #40