Meaning not yet researched.
Tom: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 65 in 2025. Its best rank was #40 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #40 in 1880; #2,206 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Tom in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,206 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #40.
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Tom: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 65 boys in 2025. Peak: #40 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 5,068 (1959).
In 2025, 65 US boys were named Tom, making it the 2,206th most common boys’ name of the year, up 537 places from #2,743 in 2024. That is 17 more than the 48 boys named Tom in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #40, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 5,068, in 1959. For comparison, it was #2,051 in 2015 and #145 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tom in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 399 babies with the name. In all, 140,370 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 29,983 babies named Tom.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 656 US boys were named Tom; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 88. In 2025 that was about 1 in 26,278 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tom ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #1,196 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Thomas (2,367,087 babies since 1880), Tommy (181,675 babies since 1880), Tommie (52,215 babies since 1880) and Tomas (30,730 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tome, Tomm and Tomme are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Thomas and Tommy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Tome (68), Tomm (8), Tomme (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Tom is listed as a nickname for Thom, Thomas.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 10 | #1,196 | #1,335 |
| California | 8 | #1,971 | #1,854 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,537 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 65 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | — | — | 48 | #2,743 |
| 2023 | — | — | 50 | #2,653 |
| 2022 | — | — | 60 | #2,375 |
| 2021 | — | — | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2020 | — | — | 58 | #2,346 |
| 2019 | — | — | 87 | #1,787 |
| 2018 | — | — | 66 | #2,142 |
| 2017 | — | — | 88 | #1,765 |
| 2016 | — | — | 70 | #2,044 |
| 2015 | — | — | 70 | #2,051 |
| 2014 | — | — | 77 | #1,903 |
| 2013 | — | — | 82 | #1,779 |
| 2012 | — | — | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2011 | — | — | 83 | #1,768 |
| 2010 | — | — | 80 | #1,828 |
| 2009 | — | — | 99 | #1,616 |
| 2008 | — | — | 96 | #1,632 |
| 2007 | — | — | 94 | #1,648 |
| 2006 | — | — | 109 | #1,436 |
| 2005 | — | — | 125 | #1,260 |
| 2004 | — | — | 107 | #1,365 |
| 2003 | — | — | 132 | #1,148 |
| 2002 | — | — | 140 | #1,077 |
| 2001 | — | — | 96 | #1,349 |
| 2000 | — | — | 99 | #1,311 |
| 1999 | — | — | 116 | #1,141 |
| 1998 | — | — | 132 | #1,030 |
| 1997 | — | — | 125 | #1,026 |
| 1996 | — | — | 126 | #997 |
| 1995 | — | — | 134 | #964 |
| 1994 | — | — | 116 | #1,036 |
| 1993 | — | — | 146 | #883 |
| 1992 | — | — | 151 | #862 |
| 1991 | — | — | 194 | #730 |
| 1990 | — | — | 214 | #696 |
| 1989 | — | — | 189 | #721 |
| 1988 | — | — | 189 | #686 |
| 1987 | — | — | 177 | #684 |
| 1986 | — | — | 188 | #652 |
| 1985 | — | — | 180 | #654 |
| 1984 | — | — | 186 | #625 |
| 1983 | — | — | 200 | #604 |
| 1982 | — | — | 197 | #619 |
| 1981 | — | — | 243 | #538 |
| 1980 | — | — | 235 | #564 |
| 1979 | — | — | 261 | #524 |
| 1978 | — | — | 244 | #528 |
| 1977 | — | — | 285 | #480 |
| 1976 | 7 | #8,092 | 317 | #441 |
| 1975 | — | — | 303 | #463 |
| 1974 | — | — | 424 | #372 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,356 | 452 | #363 |
| 1972 | — | — | 581 | #316 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,547 | 867 | #256 |
| 1970 | — | — | 1,130 | #219 |
| 1969 | — | — | 1,214 | #206 |
| 1968 | — | — | 1,363 | #185 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,422 | 1,491 | #175 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,769 | 1,850 | #153 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,479 | 2,497 | #127 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,435 | 3,292 | #107 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,538 | 3,698 | #103 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,813 | 4,171 | #98 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,521 | 4,731 | #88 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,157 | 4,894 | #86 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,808 | 5,068 | #82 |
| 1958 | 6 | #6,050 | 4,356 | #96 |
| 1957 | — | — | 3,354 | #116 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,148 | 1,914 | #161 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,777 | 1,513 | #180 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,696 | 1,388 | #188 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,445 | 1,377 | #184 |
| 1952 | — | — | 1,439 | #181 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,522 | #168 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,940 | 1,823 | #145 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,873 | 2,543 | #114 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,961 | 3,429 | #94 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,429 | 3,922 | #87 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,411 | 3,624 | #87 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,113 | 2,893 | #89 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,356 | 2,902 | #87 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,164 | 2,909 | #87 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,650 | 2,875 | #89 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,231 | 2,500 | #88 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,483 | 2,287 | #92 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,402 | 2,028 | #97 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,330 | 1,931 | #106 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,555 | 1,807 | #108 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,351 | 1,695 | #112 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,425 | 1,725 | #110 |
| 1934 | — | — | 1,579 | #112 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,850 | 1,425 | #117 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,482 | 1,538 | #116 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,464 | 1,363 | #125 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,542 | 1,336 | #132 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,175 | 1,270 | #134 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,182 | 1,305 | #135 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,686 | 1,269 | #138 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,249 | 1,252 | #138 |
| 1925 | 20 | #2,006 | 1,216 | #138 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,653 | 1,097 | #149 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,719 | 1,131 | #144 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,759 | 1,084 | #145 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,136 | 1,092 | #144 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,451 | 1,207 | #131 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,495 | 1,059 | #140 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,280 | 1,104 | #139 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,861 | 981 | #139 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,233 | 971 | #139 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,246 | 869 | #142 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,117 | 735 | #137 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,655 | 573 | #135 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,969 | 538 | #124 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,827 | 365 | #105 |
| 1910 | — | — | 428 | #82 |
| 1909 | — | — | 340 | #88 |
| 1908 | — | — | 340 | #81 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,799 | 313 | #83 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,931 | 298 | #80 |
| 1905 | — | — | 317 | #77 |
| 1904 | — | — | 318 | #74 |
| 1903 | — | — | 295 | #73 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,776 | 312 | #75 |
| 1901 | — | — | 291 | #67 |
| 1900 | — | — | 469 | #53 |
| 1899 | — | — | 288 | #67 |
| 1898 | — | — | 337 | #64 |
| 1897 | — | — | 298 | #63 |
| 1896 | — | — | 339 | #62 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,578 | 335 | #62 |
| 1894 | — | — | 343 | #61 |
| 1893 | — | — | 349 | #60 |
| 1892 | — | — | 381 | #58 |
| 1891 | — | — | 318 | #60 |
| 1890 | — | — | 347 | #59 |
| 1889 | — | — | 379 | #50 |
| 1888 | — | — | 416 | #49 |
| 1887 | — | — | 329 | #52 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,100 | 383 | #50 |
| 1885 | — | — | 361 | #48 |
| 1884 | — | — | 394 | #47 |
| 1883 | 6 | #918 | 386 | #44 |
| 1882 | — | — | 390 | #47 |
| 1881 | — | — | 349 | #43 |
| 1880 | — | — | 399 | #40 |
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).