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Thompson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 59 in 2025. Its best rank was #742 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #742 in 1887; #2,359 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Thompson in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,359 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1887, at #742.
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Thompson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 59 boys in 2025. Peak: #742 in 1887 · most boys in one year: 76 (2018).
In 2025, 59 US boys were named Thompson, making it the 2,359th most common boys’ name of the year, up 591 places from #2,950 in 2024. That is 16 more than the 43 boys named Thompson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #742, reached in 1887. The most boys given the name in a single year was 76, in 2018. For comparison, it was #2,352 in 2015 and #1,612 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Thompson in 128 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 2,748 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 474 babies named Thompson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 542 US boys were named Thompson; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 76. In 2025 that was about 1 in 28,950 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Thompson ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,453 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5 | #1,453 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,526 | #991 |
| Texas | 7 | #2,261 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #17,051 | 59 | #2,359 |
| 2024 | 5 | #17,474 | 43 | #2,950 |
| 2023 | — | — | 34 | #3,466 |
| 2022 | 8 | #12,149 | 51 | #2,643 |
| 2021 | — | — | 61 | #2,298 |
| 2020 | — | — | 51 | #2,542 |
| 2019 | — | — | 61 | #2,288 |
| 2018 | — | — | 76 | #1,956 |
| 2017 | 5 | #18,218 | 55 | #2,380 |
| 2016 | — | — | 51 | #2,512 |
| 2015 | — | — | 56 | #2,352 |
| 2014 | — | — | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2013 | — | — | 33 | #3,331 |
| 2012 | — | — | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | — | — | 26 | #3,974 |
| 2010 | — | — | 38 | #3,066 |
| 2009 | — | — | 32 | #3,469 |
| 2008 | — | — | 31 | #3,555 |
| 2007 | — | — | 37 | #3,128 |
| 2006 | — | — | 27 | #3,772 |
| 2005 | — | — | 29 | #3,445 |
| 2004 | — | — | 38 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | — | — | 31 | #3,109 |
| 2002 | — | — | 13 | #5,694 |
| 2001 | — | — | 23 | #3,712 |
| 2000 | — | — | 29 | #3,068 |
| 1999 | — | — | 33 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,291 |
| 1997 | — | — | 26 | #2,973 |
| 1996 | — | — | 19 | #3,661 |
| 1995 | — | — | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1994 | — | — | 25 | #2,936 |
| 1993 | — | — | 32 | #2,394 |
| 1992 | — | — | 15 | #4,085 |
| 1991 | — | — | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | — | — | 26 | #2,622 |
| 1989 | — | — | 33 | #2,143 |
| 1988 | — | — | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1987 | — | — | 15 | #3,325 |
| 1986 | — | — | 21 | #2,594 |
| 1985 | — | — | 6 | #6,462 |
| 1984 | — | — | 13 | #3,441 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,613 |
| 1982 | — | — | 18 | #2,699 |
| 1981 | — | — | 5 | #7,192 |
| 1980 | — | — | 16 | #2,948 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,560 |
| 1978 | — | — | 10 | #3,827 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,584 |
| 1976 | — | — | 15 | #2,810 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #3,064 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,588 |
| 1973 | — | — | 15 | #2,598 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,325 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,340 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,878 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,672 |
| 1968 | — | — | 12 | #2,561 |
| 1967 | — | — | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1964 | — | — | 19 | #1,892 |
| 1963 | — | — | 12 | #2,526 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,494 |
| 1961 | — | — | 18 | #1,994 |
| 1960 | — | — | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1959 | — | — | 16 | #2,101 |
| 1958 | — | — | 21 | #1,763 |
| 1957 | — | — | 19 | #1,884 |
| 1956 | — | — | 20 | #1,812 |
| 1955 | — | — | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1954 | — | — | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1953 | — | — | 14 | #2,178 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,657 |
| 1951 | — | — | 30 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | — | — | 22 | #1,612 |
| 1949 | — | — | 23 | #1,577 |
| 1948 | — | — | 28 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | — | — | 16 | #1,984 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1945 | — | — | 18 | #1,625 |
| 1944 | — | — | 22 | #1,476 |
| 1943 | — | — | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1942 | — | — | 23 | #1,493 |
| 1941 | — | — | 22 | #1,480 |
| 1940 | — | — | 19 | #1,620 |
| 1939 | — | — | 19 | #1,574 |
| 1938 | — | — | 16 | #1,809 |
| 1937 | — | — | 17 | #1,743 |
| 1936 | — | — | 14 | #1,956 |
| 1935 | — | — | 9 | #2,698 |
| 1934 | — | — | 17 | #1,780 |
| 1933 | — | — | 18 | #1,699 |
| 1932 | — | — | 13 | #2,183 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,452 |
| 1930 | — | — | 24 | #1,530 |
| 1929 | — | — | 21 | #1,668 |
| 1928 | — | — | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1927 | — | — | 15 | #2,185 |
| 1926 | — | — | 22 | #1,655 |
| 1925 | — | — | 19 | #1,863 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,453 |
| 1923 | — | — | 18 | #1,937 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,877 |
| 1921 | — | — | 19 | #1,894 |
| 1920 | — | — | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1919 | — | — | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1918 | — | — | 32 | #1,251 |
| 1917 | — | — | 17 | #1,892 |
| 1916 | — | — | 26 | #1,370 |
| 1915 | — | — | 26 | #1,339 |
| 1914 | — | — | 14 | #1,766 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,253 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,414 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,718 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,111 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,660 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,084 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,409 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,130 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,043 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #974 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #867 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,221 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #761 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #742 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,081 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).