Thos

Last seen for boys in 1928 at #3,697

Peak · boys
1881 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
166
since 1881

Thos over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thos has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #653, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1928#3,6976
1927
1926#3,7086
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1924#3,2608
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1920#3,8156
1919#3,3917
1918#2,54311
1917#2,28012
1916#2,9268
1915#1,96814
1914#1,77213
1913#1,9459
1912#1,52711
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1891#9635
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1889#8786
1888#8157
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1886#9595
1885#8366
1884#9715
1883#7996
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1881#6538
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Thos! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Thos
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1928
  • Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1885 (#971#836)
  • Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1884 (#799#971)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #653 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1883–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,592
  • Highest: 1 in 12,592 boys born in 1881 were named Thos (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 184,602 boys born in 1928 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 51.2% of all boys named Thos (85) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s43#653 (1881)#844
1890s5#963 (1891)#963
1900s7#1,050 (1900)#1,050
1910s85#1,527 (1912)#2,294
1920s26#3,260 (1924)#3,620

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.

Thos in 1889

boys
#878
6 births · 1 in 18,430 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #878Thos6
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 18,430 of them was named Thos, which outranked 21.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thos
  1. #789Werner7
  2. #789West7
  3. #789Winston7
  4. #878Thos6
  5. #878Alcide6
  6. #878Alger6
  7. #878Almon6
  8. #974Abie5
  9. #974Alphonsus5
  10. #974Alta5

Tied with 95 names at #878; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889