Thom

Where Thom comes from

From Thomas.
— Wiktionary's entry for Thom
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,217 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Peak, #1,378
    28 babies named Thom — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,114.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name of less common usage, variant of Tom.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Thom hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.