Meaning not yet researched.
Tomas: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 394 in 2025. Its best rank was #402 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #402 in 1886; #691 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Tomas in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#691 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #402.
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Tomas: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 394 boys in 2025. Peak: #402 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 537 (2003).
In 2025, 394 US boys were named Tomas, making it the 691st most common boys’ name of the year, up 46 places from #737 in 2024. That is 39 more than the 355 boys named Tomas in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #402, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 537, in 2003. For comparison, it was #721 in 2015 and #509 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tomas in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 30,730 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 5,030 babies named Tomas.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,611 US boys were named Tomas; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 394. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,335 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tomas ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #355 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), Tom (140,370 babies since 1880) and Tommie (52,215 babies since 1880).
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.
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.
No nicknames listed for Tomas in the open dataset we use.
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 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 56 | #355 | #404 |
| Illinois | 23 | #468 | #976 |
| California | 68 | #470 | #520 |
| Texas | 68 | #499 | #584 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #503 | #504 |
| Alabama | 9 | #565 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #684 | — |
| New York | 22 | #690 | #824 |
| Utah | 6 | #695 | — |
| New Jersey | 10 | #698 | #770 |
| Arizona | 9 | #714 | #519 |
| Washington | 9 | #729 | #938 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #832 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | #846 | #1,087 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #903 | — |
| Indiana | 6 | #935 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #958 | #976 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,133 | #979 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 394 | #691 |
| 2024 | — | — | 355 | #737 |
| 2023 | — | — | 367 | #725 |
| 2022 | — | — | 385 | #691 |
| 2021 | — | — | 344 | #741 |
| 2020 | — | — | 355 | #708 |
| 2019 | — | — | 373 | #687 |
| 2018 | — | — | 341 | #712 |
| 2017 | — | — | 352 | #701 |
| 2016 | — | — | 345 | #711 |
| 2015 | — | — | 342 | #721 |
| 2014 | — | — | 390 | #660 |
| 2013 | — | — | 347 | #692 |
| 2012 | — | — | 358 | #661 |
| 2011 | — | — | 370 | #634 |
| 2010 | — | — | 385 | #633 |
| 2009 | — | — | 461 | #574 |
| 2008 | — | — | 475 | #555 |
| 2007 | — | — | 489 | #527 |
| 2006 | — | — | 535 | #487 |
| 2005 | — | — | 509 | #489 |
| 2004 | — | — | 515 | #482 |
| 2003 | — | — | 537 | #468 |
| 2002 | — | — | 523 | #462 |
| 2001 | — | — | 492 | #480 |
| 2000 | — | — | 494 | #475 |
| 1999 | — | — | 453 | #489 |
| 1998 | — | — | 495 | #455 |
| 1997 | — | — | 456 | #473 |
| 1996 | — | — | 510 | #439 |
| 1995 | — | — | 464 | #472 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,613 | 462 | #470 |
| 1993 | — | — | 421 | #495 |
| 1992 | — | — | 435 | #483 |
| 1991 | — | — | 426 | #477 |
| 1990 | — | — | 393 | #490 |
| 1989 | — | — | 368 | #500 |
| 1988 | — | — | 353 | #490 |
| 1987 | 5 | #13,136 | 315 | #504 |
| 1986 | — | — | 330 | #480 |
| 1985 | — | — | 325 | #483 |
| 1984 | — | — | 339 | #455 |
| 1983 | — | — | 297 | #489 |
| 1982 | — | — | 301 | #490 |
| 1981 | — | — | 332 | #456 |
| 1980 | — | — | 359 | #434 |
| 1979 | — | — | 263 | #520 |
| 1978 | — | — | 269 | #495 |
| 1977 | — | — | 281 | #482 |
| 1976 | — | — | 285 | #465 |
| 1975 | — | — | 264 | #490 |
| 1974 | — | — | 266 | #493 |
| 1973 | — | — | 250 | #495 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,206 | 254 | #496 |
| 1971 | — | — | 232 | #528 |
| 1970 | — | — | 250 | #509 |
| 1969 | — | — | 208 | #544 |
| 1968 | — | — | 226 | #502 |
| 1967 | — | — | 202 | #527 |
| 1966 | — | — | 220 | #512 |
| 1965 | — | — | 192 | #555 |
| 1964 | — | — | 196 | #566 |
| 1963 | — | — | 200 | #560 |
| 1962 | — | — | 225 | #533 |
| 1961 | — | — | 199 | #557 |
| 1960 | — | — | 203 | #555 |
| 1959 | — | — | 194 | #559 |
| 1958 | — | — | 212 | #530 |
| 1957 | — | — | 199 | #548 |
| 1956 | — | — | 184 | #561 |
| 1955 | — | — | 194 | #527 |
| 1954 | — | — | 171 | #559 |
| 1953 | — | — | 188 | #515 |
| 1952 | — | — | 207 | #490 |
| 1951 | — | — | 174 | #518 |
| 1950 | — | — | 175 | #509 |
| 1949 | — | — | 199 | #468 |
| 1948 | — | — | 174 | #500 |
| 1947 | — | — | 188 | #491 |
| 1946 | — | — | 173 | #489 |
| 1945 | — | — | 163 | #469 |
| 1944 | — | — | 146 | #502 |
| 1943 | — | — | 157 | #494 |
| 1942 | — | — | 142 | #516 |
| 1941 | — | — | 147 | #483 |
| 1940 | — | — | 111 | #564 |
| 1939 | — | — | 110 | #549 |
| 1938 | — | — | 154 | #467 |
| 1937 | — | — | 123 | #522 |
| 1936 | — | — | 144 | #470 |
| 1935 | — | — | 135 | #493 |
| 1934 | — | — | 145 | #470 |
| 1933 | — | — | 119 | #522 |
| 1932 | — | — | 130 | #507 |
| 1931 | — | — | 114 | #549 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,187 | 157 | #475 |
| 1929 | — | — | 139 | #498 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,680 | 159 | #484 |
| 1927 | — | — | 158 | #482 |
| 1926 | — | — | 149 | #493 |
| 1925 | — | — | 147 | #502 |
| 1924 | — | — | 143 | #528 |
| 1923 | — | — | 159 | #484 |
| 1922 | — | — | 141 | #525 |
| 1921 | — | — | 121 | #575 |
| 1920 | — | — | 114 | #586 |
| 1919 | — | — | 93 | #632 |
| 1918 | — | — | 89 | #656 |
| 1917 | — | — | 69 | #760 |
| 1916 | — | — | 78 | #676 |
| 1915 | — | — | 63 | #758 |
| 1914 | — | — | 62 | #644 |
| 1913 | — | — | 50 | #636 |
| 1912 | — | — | 55 | #545 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #729 |
| 1910 | — | — | 43 | #412 |
| 1909 | — | — | 27 | #502 |
| 1908 | — | — | 18 | #629 |
| 1907 | — | — | 29 | #437 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #587 |
| 1905 | — | — | 18 | #568 |
| 1904 | — | — | 21 | #479 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #574 |
| 1902 | — | — | 19 | #504 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #531 |
| 1900 | — | — | 16 | #647 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #480 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #606 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #677 |
| 1896 | — | — | 19 | #479 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,074 |
| 1894 | — | — | 10 | #725 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #830 |
| 1892 | — | — | 15 | #541 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #952 |
| 1890 | — | — | 16 | #483 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #718 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #526 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #816 |
| 1886 | — | — | 20 | #402 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #458 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #447 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #523 |
| 1882 | — | — | 17 | #449 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #411 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #423 |
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).