Tommy

#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #657 for boys in 2025, 420 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1944 · 3,696 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
178,733
since 1880

Tommy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #70, 1944boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,06735#657420
2024#5,02126#731360
2023#5,96020#689387
2022#6,98416#726358
2021#8,46412#732351
2020#13,4536#744326
2019#12,4487#698361
2018#721332
2017#710345
2016#754322
2015#706355
2014#723333
2013#658368
2012#625388
2011#636368
2010#595420
2009#560471
2008#13,8327#517525
2007#488543
2006#461586
2005#14,5026#426626
2004#10,6909#393686
2003#10,4259#390670
2002#11,1088#343801
2001#13,5216#331842
2000#10,7458#307959
1999#10,3458#298959
1998#298951
1997#9,8028#280995
1996#8,8129#308862
1995#8,7669#311852
1994#11,7786#316831
1993#8,05210#322820
1992#10,4797#302884
1991#10,2717#289903
1990#9,2478#270981
1989#10,8476#263958
1988#6,27712#250946
1987#7,3539#239987
1986#4,72416#239965
1985#4,45517#237981
1984#6,29110#230975
1983#3,80620#2241,007
1982#4,34717#2101,171
1981#5,57112#2041,213
1980#3,85320#1971,259
1979#3,23625#1871,278
1978#3,09825#1771,321
1977#3,00226#1771,332
1976#3,28721#1701,393
1975#2,41133#1561,554
1974#2,43331#1551,579
1973#1,97941#1431,731
1972#1,80447#1461,773
1971#1,80549#1481,994
1970#1,58460#1482,220
1969#1,49962#1342,249
1968#1,67848#1242,369
1967#1,46058#1272,356
1966#1,73642#1242,465
1965#1,39462#1192,719
1964#1,68647#1083,205
1963#1,62349#1073,498
1962#1,91736#1093,415
1961#1,58051#1163,406
1960#1,67345#1123,683
1959#1,61745#1083,772
1958#1,43555#1043,833
1957#1,86934#1023,679
1956#1,93131#1153,109
1955#1,80334#1083,177
1954#1,98728#1003,407
1953#1,87229#953,469
1952#1,82030#973,512
1951#1,84228#943,582
1950#1,87126#943,434
1949#1,88226#843,886
1948#1,77828#794,220
1947#1,21755#794,594
1946#1,50834#774,144
1945#1,37434#753,449
1944#1,11549#703,696
1943#1,66426#773,611
1942#1,05555#733,532
1941#1,22238#713,087
1940#1,34731#762,827
1939#1,10242#772,622
1938#1,04547#772,667
1937#1,25533#842,326
1936#1,18636#912,108
1935#1,21934#952,032
1934#1,22134#981,937
1933#1,22434#1091,630
1932#1,23734#1091,613
1931#1,12740#1151,536
1930#1,25136#1271,386
1929#1,11943#1441,164
1928#1,02953#1511,062
1927#1,17243#170878
1926#1,04551#192751
1925#1,06451#201705
1924#1,27939#240568
1923#1,59827#255479
1922#1,43032#252498
1921#1,29836#277400
1920#1,75123#309344
1919#1,29735#325298
1918#1,21438#332297
1917#1,60523#341262
1916#1,94917#381210
1915#1,57122#387193
1914#1,81814#346181
1913#1,88311#387120
1912#1,9819#40491
1911#32271
1910#1,7738#27082
1909#1,7637#29659
1908#1,8626#28757
1907#32244
1906#41128
1905#1,2989#32937
1904#35432
1903#1,13710#28244
1902#34832
1901#31831
1900#33042
1899#40221
1898#48518
1897#51515
1896#50017
1895#1,5925#43720
1894#54314
1893#45916
1892#49716
1891#7008
1890#51114
1889#6739
1888#64810
1887#39218
1886#51213
1885#7657
1884#8486
1883#55611
1882#7547
1881#6538
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
64 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1944 at #70 (3,696 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1934–1954
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 369
  • Highest: 1 in 369 boys born in 1944 were named Tommy (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,067 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 20.7% of all boys named Tommy (37,046) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s94#392 (1887)#671
1890s159#402 (1899)#505
1900s406#282 (1903)#328
1910s1,805#270 (1910)#350
1920s6,849#144 (1929)#219
1930s19,857#77 (1938)#98
1940s37,046#70 (1944)#76
1950s34,974#94 (1951)#102
1960s29,365#107 (1963)#118
1970s16,175#143 (1973)#161
1980s10,462#197 (1980)#229
1990s9,038#270 (1990)#299
2000s6,709#307 (2000)#422
2010s3,592#595 (2010)#683
2020s2,202#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 2019

girls
#12,448
7 births · 1 in 239,767 girls
boys
#698
361 births · 1 in 4,970 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #12,448Tommy7

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #698Tommy361
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 239,767 of them was named Tommy, which outranked 30.9% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tommy
  1. #11,356Zyann8
  2. #11,356Zyia8
  3. #11,356Zymirah8
  4. #12,448Tommy7
  5. #12,448Aalaiya7
  6. #12,448Aalyah7
  7. #12,448Aamna7
  8. #13,799Aabha6
  9. #13,799Aabriella6
  10. #13,799Aadrika6

Tied with 1,350 names at #12,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. 1,081Amoura#2,059#978
  2. 553Theodora#1,406#853
  3. 456Navy#1,269#813
  4. 415Emani#1,371#956
  5. 403Yaritza#1,216#813
Fallers
  1. 451Emmarie#990#1,441
  2. 368Saniyah#934#1,302
  3. 252Tatiana#692#944
  4. 229Zhavia#879#1,108
  5. 219Jayden#979#1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 4,970 of them was named Tommy, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tommy
  1. #694Roger362
  2. #694Samir362
  3. #694Watson362
  4. #698Tommy361
  5. #699Chaim360
  6. #700Deandre358
  7. #700Mitchell358
Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. 5,830Sekani#6,703#873
  2. 5,230Ermias#5,770#540
  3. 654Amias#1,478#824
  4. 623Kyro#1,343#720
  5. 512Aziel#1,465#953
Fallers
  1. 376Jaxtyn#776#1,152
  2. 252Brysen#860#1,112
  3. 220Coen#814#1,034
  4. 219Chad#899#1,118
  5. 219Imran#933#1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019