Tomie
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to boys 65.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 904since 1886
Tomie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Tomie! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Tomie is popular in 1891
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Tomie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1903 (#687 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1902 at #687 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1891–1893
- Highest: 1 in 10,933 boys born in 1909 were named Tomie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #687 in 1902, was only 1 in 11,151 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.7% of all boys named Tomie (241) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1984, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #845 (1886) | #845 |
| 1890s | 45 | #688 (1892) | #844 |
| 1900s | 85 | #687 (1902) | #928 |
| 1910s | 223 | #856 (1911) | #1,216 |
| 1920s | 241 | #1,432 (1926) | #1,538 |
| 1930s | 148 | #1,548 (1932) | #1,960 |
| 1940s | 70 | #2,322 (1940) | #2,639 |
| 1950s | 52 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,079 |
| 1960s | 23 | #3,337 (1960) | #3,777 |
| 1970s | 6 | #5,355 (1979) | #5,355 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,238 (1983) | #6,238 |
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.
Tomie in 1891
Top boys' names in 1891
More about 1891
boys
101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 14,456 of them was named Tomie, which outranked 32.0% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 74 names at #766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.