Toma

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 75.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1974 · 84 births
Debut · boys
44 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
658
since 1973

Toma over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #2,447, 1943peak #882, 1974girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,05026
2024#5,24118
2023#5,07519
2022#4,30324
2021#5,11018
2020#5,45116
2019#9,7567
2018#5,10618
2017#5,78815
2016#7,15711
2015#5,50716
2014#5,99714
2013#7,02611
2012#9,7097
2011#5,20017
2010#6,69812
2009#7,23611
2008#8,3249
2007
2006#8,7328
2005#6,63411
2004#9,9486
2003#7,8318
2002#6,08811
2001#7,5368
2000#5,04014
1999#7,1398
1998#12,4266#9,6315
1997#6,6188
1996#5,9829
1995#5,9289
1994
1993#5,7719
1992#8,4355
1991#6,5197
1990
1989#7,9055
1988#7,2705
1987#6,9515
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1984#6,3155
1983
1982#4,2349
1981
1980#5,5256
1979#3,01814
1978#2,06823
1977#2,45818
1976#6,6118#2,41718
1975#7,9846#1,78727
1974#3,21221#88284
1973#3,12221#1,23844
1972#5,4809
1971#8,3245
1970#5,4139
1969#6,6176
1968
1967#6,8045
1966#5,8096
1965
1964#6,7675
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1961#5,3097
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1958#5,4086
1957#5,3776
1956#4,8377
1955#4,3768
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1952#5,5635
1951#5,4145
1950#4,3157
1949#5,2445
1948#2,82813
1947#3,06112
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1944#3,1399
1943#2,44714
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Toma! It came in at #1,238, and was given to 44 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Toma
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 1,191 spots since 2024 (#5,241#4,050)
  • 1,401 spots since 2020 (#5,451#4,050)
  • 1,457 spots since 2015 (#5,507#4,050)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1974 (#1,238#882)
  • Biggest drop: 905 spots in 1975 (#882#1,787)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1974 at #882 (84 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,718
  • Highest: 1 in 18,718 boys born in 1974 were named Toma (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 34.7% of all boys named Toma (228) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
  • Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s228#882 (1974)#1,981
1980s35#4,234 (1982)#6,367
1990s60#5,771 (1993)#7,003
2000s86#5,040 (2000)#7,485
2010s128#5,106 (2018)#6,794
2020s121#4,050 (2025)#4,872

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.

Toma in 1973

girls
#3,122
21 births · 1 in 69,439 girls
boys
#1,238
44 births · 1 in 35,422 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #3,122Toma21

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #1,238Toma44
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 69,439 of them was named Toma, which outranked 68.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toma
  1. #3,015Velda22
  2. #3,015Willette22
  3. #3,015Zondra22
  4. #3,122Toma21
  5. #3,122Adriene21
  6. #3,122Angelo21
  7. #3,122Antonina21
  8. #3,233Abbe20
  9. #3,233Alayna20
  10. #3,233Alejandrina20

Tied with 110 names at #3,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 35,422 of them was named Toma, which outranked 78.9% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toma
  1. #1,231Gil45
  2. #1,231Hershel45
  3. #1,231Noble45
  4. #1,238Toma44
  5. #1,238Alonso44
  6. #1,238Antwain44
  7. #1,238Benedict44
  8. #1,253Alexandro43
  9. #1,253Augustus43
  10. #1,253Benjamen43

Tied with 14 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973