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

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Peak · boys
1902 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
904
since 1886

Tomie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #1,811, 1924peak #687, 1902girlsboys
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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
2024
2023#13,4626
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#13,5956
2001
2000
1999#9,4799
1998
1997
1996#13,5185
1995
1994
1993#9,5598
1992#10,4797
1991
1990#11,4096
1989
1988
1987#11,3255
1986
1985#7,5638
1984
1983#6,2385
1982
1981#9,1106
1980
1979#9,0106#5,3556
1978
1977#8,4446
1976#5,60110
1975#7,9846
1974#5,01111
1973
1972
1971#6,6197
1970
1969#7,4715
1968#4,1365
1967#4,6259
1966
1965
1964#6,7675#3,6016
1963#4,8968
1962#5,2937#4,0335
1961
1960#3,3377
1959#6,2455
1958#3,5596
1957
1956#4,8377#3,2167
1955#2,9648
1954#3,4526
1953
1952#5,5635#2,6809
1951#4,3857#2,6629
1950#4,7386#3,0217
1949#4,2357#3,6905
1948
1947#2,49810
1946#2,6908
1945
1944#4,0546#2,6338
1943#4,1966#2,40510
1942#3,1949#2,38610
1941#2,4919
1940#2,32210
1939#1,71216
1938#3,1818#2,32610
1937#4,2555#1,68817
1936#3,1476
1935#1,83715
1934#1,93214
1933#4,2185#1,82915
1932#3,2748#1,54821
1931#2,9729#1,69318
1930#3,0559#1,88916
1929#2,09816#1,56422
1928#3,7437#1,70720
1927#2,09518#1,46826
1926#2,87211#1,43226
1925#2,01819#1,53424
1924#1,81123#1,49226
1923#2,09118#1,69621
1922#2,10918#1,47026
1921#2,76212#1,47526
1920#2,46314#1,54324
1919#2,38414#1,09739
1918#2,20916#1,37327
1917#2,31614#1,69319
1916#4,4175#1,37425
1915#3,7956#1,18130
1914#3,1886#1,26022
1913#2,8276#1,20518
1912#2,9795#1,13717
1911#85615
1910#98111
1909#71415
1908#1,1137
1907#81511
1906#9278
1905#8369
1904#1,0646
1903#1,1305
1902#68711
1901#9436
1900#1,0507
1899
1898#7449
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895
1894
1893#7059
1892#68810
1891#7667
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#8456
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

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.

See more about Tomie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1902 at #687 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1891–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,933
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.7% of all boys named Tomie (241) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1985
  • Mostly boys until 1984, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#845 (1886)#845
1890s45#688 (1892)#844
1900s85#687 (1902)#928
1910s223#856 (1911)#1,216
1920s241#1,432 (1926)#1,538
1930s148#1,548 (1932)#1,960
1940s70#2,322 (1940)#2,639
1950s52#2,662 (1951)#3,079
1960s23#3,337 (1960)#3,777
1970s6#5,355 (1979)#5,355
1980s5#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 1893

boys
#705
9 births · 1 in 12,480 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #705Tomie9
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 12,480 of them was named Tomie, which outranked 40.2% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tomie
  1. #650Tobe10
  2. #650Weldon10
  3. #650Wright10
  4. #705Tomie9
  5. #705Addison9
  6. #705Adlai9
  7. #705Barry9
  8. #768Alfonso8
  9. #768Andres8
  10. #768Anson8

Tied with 62 names at #705; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893