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.
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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 107,764 of them was named Tomie, which outranked 48.9% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,708Willma12
- #2,708Zell12
- #2,708Zeola12
- #2,872Tomie11
- #2,872Adalene11
- #2,872Adelfa11
- #2,872Albertia11
- #3,046Adelaida10
- #3,046Adelma10
- #3,046Adena10
Tied with 173 names at #2,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 42,712 of them was named Tomie, which outranked 70.4% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,404Sherwin27
- #1,404Torao27
- #1,404Vernell27
- #1,432Tomie26
- #1,432Adan26
- #1,432Algie26
- #1,432Beauford26
- #1,466Abelardo25
- #1,466Adell25
- #1,466Albino25
Tied with 33 names at #1,432; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.