Tommy
#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #657 for boys in 2025, 420 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1944 · 3,696 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 21 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 178,733since 1880
Tommy over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #4,067 | 35 | #657 | 420 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | #731 | 360 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #689 | 387 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #726 | 358 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #732 | 351 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #744 | 326 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #698 | 361 |
| 2018 | — | #721 | 332 | |
| 2017 | — | #710 | 345 | |
| 2016 | — | #754 | 322 | |
| 2015 | — | #706 | 355 | |
| 2014 | — | #723 | 333 | |
| 2013 | — | #658 | 368 | |
| 2012 | — | #625 | 388 | |
| 2011 | — | #636 | 368 | |
| 2010 | — | #595 | 420 | |
| 2009 | — | #560 | 471 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #517 | 525 |
| 2007 | — | #488 | 543 | |
| 2006 | — | #461 | 586 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #426 | 626 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #393 | 686 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #390 | 670 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #343 | 801 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #331 | 842 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #307 | 959 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #298 | 959 |
| 1998 | — | #298 | 951 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #280 | 995 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #308 | 862 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #311 | 852 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #316 | 831 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #322 | 820 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #302 | 884 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #289 | 903 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #270 | 981 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #263 | 958 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #250 | 946 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #239 | 987 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #239 | 965 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #237 | 981 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #230 | 975 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #224 | 1,007 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | #210 | 1,171 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #204 | 1,213 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #197 | 1,259 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #187 | 1,278 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | #177 | 1,321 |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | #177 | 1,332 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #170 | 1,393 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 | #156 | 1,554 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | #155 | 1,579 |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | #143 | 1,731 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 | #146 | 1,773 |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 | #148 | 1,994 |
| 1970 | #1,584 | 60 | #148 | 2,220 |
| 1969 | #1,499 | 62 | #134 | 2,249 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | #124 | 2,369 |
| 1967 | #1,460 | 58 | #127 | 2,356 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 | #124 | 2,465 |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 | #119 | 2,719 |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 | #108 | 3,205 |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | #107 | 3,498 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 | #109 | 3,415 |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | #116 | 3,406 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | #112 | 3,683 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | #108 | 3,772 |
| 1958 | #1,435 | 55 | #104 | 3,833 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 | #102 | 3,679 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | #115 | 3,109 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | #108 | 3,177 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | #100 | 3,407 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #95 | 3,469 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | #97 | 3,512 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | #94 | 3,582 |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 | #94 | 3,434 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | #84 | 3,886 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 | #79 | 4,220 |
| 1947 | #1,217 | 55 | #79 | 4,594 |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | #77 | 4,144 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | #75 | 3,449 |
| 1944 | #1,115 | 49 | #70 | 3,696 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 | #77 | 3,611 |
| 1942 | #1,055 | 55 | #73 | 3,532 |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | #71 | 3,087 |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | #76 | 2,827 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | #77 | 2,622 |
| 1938 | #1,045 | 47 | #77 | 2,667 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | #84 | 2,326 |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | #91 | 2,108 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 | #95 | 2,032 |
| 1934 | #1,221 | 34 | #98 | 1,937 |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 | #109 | 1,630 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 | #109 | 1,613 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 | #115 | 1,536 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 | #127 | 1,386 |
| 1929 | #1,119 | 43 | #144 | 1,164 |
| 1928 | #1,029 | 53 | #151 | 1,062 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 | #170 | 878 |
| 1926 | #1,045 | 51 | #192 | 751 |
| 1925 | #1,064 | 51 | #201 | 705 |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 | #240 | 568 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | #255 | 479 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 | #252 | 498 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | #277 | 400 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | #309 | 344 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 | #325 | 298 |
| 1918 | #1,214 | 38 | #332 | 297 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | #341 | 262 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #381 | 210 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #387 | 193 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #346 | 181 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #387 | 120 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #404 | 91 |
| 1911 | — | #322 | 71 | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #270 | 82 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #296 | 59 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #287 | 57 |
| 1907 | — | #322 | 44 | |
| 1906 | — | #411 | 28 | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #329 | 37 |
| 1904 | — | #354 | 32 | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | #282 | 44 |
| 1902 | — | #348 | 32 | |
| 1901 | — | #318 | 31 | |
| 1900 | — | #330 | 42 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #437 | 20 |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tommy was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Tommy
- 74 spots since 2024 (#731 → #657)
- 87 spots since 2020 (#744 → #657)
- 49 spots since 2015 (#706 → #657)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1881 (#909 → #653)
- Biggest drop: 292 spots in 1884 (#556 → #848)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1944 at #70 (3,696 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1934–1954
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 369 boys born in 1944 were named Tommy (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,067 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 20.7% of all boys named Tommy (37,046) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #392 (1887) | #671 |
| 1890s | 159 | #402 (1899) | #505 |
| 1900s | 406 | #282 (1903) | #328 |
| 1910s | 1,805 | #270 (1910) | #350 |
| 1920s | 6,849 | #144 (1929) | #219 |
| 1930s | 19,857 | #77 (1938) | #98 |
| 1940s | 37,046 | #70 (1944) | #76 |
| 1950s | 34,974 | #94 (1951) | #102 |
| 1960s | 29,365 | #107 (1963) | #118 |
| 1970s | 16,175 | #143 (1973) | #161 |
| 1980s | 10,462 | #197 (1980) | #229 |
| 1990s | 9,038 | #270 (1990) | #299 |
| 2000s | 6,709 | #307 (2000) | #422 |
| 2010s | 3,592 | #595 (2010) | #683 |
| 2020s | 2,202 | #657 (2025) | #713 |
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.
Tommy in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 307,259 of them was named Tommy, which outranked 25.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,681Zuleima7
- #9,681Zuleyma7
- #9,681Zury7
- #10,847Tommy6
- #10,847Aarion6
- #10,847Aarthi6
- #10,847Abaigeal6
- #12,362Aamira5
- #12,362Aasia5
- #12,362Abie5
Tied with 1,514 names at #10,847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 2,089 of them was named Tommy, which outranked 97.2% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.