Thom
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 844since 1917
Thom over time
Rank among boys' names. Thom has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | — | |
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| 1932 | — | |
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| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
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| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Thom! It came in at #3,217, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1924, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Thom
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1948 at #1,378 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 62,665 boys born in 1948 were named Thom (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 23.0% of all boys named Thom (194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,217 |
| 1920s | 6 | #3,741 (1925) | #3,741 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,479 (1938) | #2,709 |
| 1940s | 178 | #1,378 (1948) | #1,653 |
| 1950s | 187 | #1,446 (1958) | #1,860 |
| 1960s | 194 | #1,406 (1961) | #1,871 |
| 1970s | 99 | #2,358 (1974) | #3,369 |
| 1980s | 93 | #2,898 (1981) | #4,689 |
| 1990s | 28 | #6,228 (1993) | #7,232 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 15 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,155 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,146 (2021) | #12,146 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Thom in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 69,058 of them was named Thom, which outranked 60.8% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,537Ronold21
- #1,537Shelley21
- #1,537Sim21
- #1,585Thom20
- #1,585Aldo20
- #1,585Alma20
- #1,585Arlon20
- #1,629Alfonza19
- #1,629Almon19
- #1,629Ancil19
Tied with 43 names at #1,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.