Meaning not yet researched.
Tommy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 420 in 2025. Its best rank was #70 in 1944.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #70 in 1944; #658 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Tommy in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#658 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1944, at #70.
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Tommy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 420 boys in 2025. Peak: #70 in 1944 · most boys in one year: 4,594 (1947).
In 2025, 420 US boys were named Tommy, making it the 658th most common boys’ name of the year, up 73 places from #731 in 2024. That is 60 more than the 360 boys named Tommy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #70, reached in 1944. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,594, in 1947. For comparison, it was #706 in 2015 and #94 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tommy in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 5 babies with the name. In all, 181,675 US babies have been given the name, 1.6% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 37,422 babies named Tommy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,562 US boys were named Tommy; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 420. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,067 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tommy ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #223 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), Tom (140,370 babies since 1880), Tommie (52,215 babies since 1880) and Tomas (30,730 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tommye, Tomie and Tomia are summarised on this page.
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: Tommye (1,508), Tomie (1,380), Tomia (206), Tommey (112), Tomio (102), Tomiya (39), Tommia (38), Tomiye (26), Tomya (25), Tomey (18), Thommy (17), Tomii (6), and more.
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 Tommy in the open dataset we use.
Tommy is listed as a nickname for Thom, Thomas, Tom.
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 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 24 | #223 | #769 |
| Idaho | 7 | #372 | — |
| New Mexico | 5 | #422 | — |
| Arkansas | 8 | #440 | #479 |
| Georgia | 24 | #460 | #569 |
| Alabama | 11 | #479 | #612 |
| Arizona | 15 | #487 | #873 |
| Kansas | 7 | #516 | — |
| Mississippi | 6 | #517 | #619 |
| Missouri | 11 | #553 | — |
| Washington | 13 | #568 | #1,088 |
| Indiana | 12 | #577 | #888 |
| North Carolina | 17 | #586 | #751 |
| Tennessee | 13 | #588 | #517 |
| Oregon | 6 | #596 | — |
| California | 50 | #599 | #550 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #605 | — |
| Texas | 49 | #630 | #541 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #635 | — |
| Florida | 26 | #648 | #652 |
| Iowa | 5 | #654 | — |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #799 | #443 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #878 | #754 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #906 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #948 | #887 |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,004 | #1,194 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,075 | #875 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,098 | #969 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,264 | #977 |
| New York | 9 | #1,283 | #1,468 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,161 | 420 | #658 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,136 | 360 | #731 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,146 | 387 | #690 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,260 | 358 | #726 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,936 | 351 | #734 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,951 | 326 | #745 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,698 | 361 | #698 |
| 2018 | — | — | 332 | #722 |
| 2017 | — | — | 345 | #710 |
| 2016 | — | — | 322 | #756 |
| 2015 | — | — | 355 | #706 |
| 2014 | — | — | 333 | #724 |
| 2013 | — | — | 368 | #658 |
| 2012 | — | — | 388 | #627 |
| 2011 | — | — | 368 | #637 |
| 2010 | — | — | 420 | #595 |
| 2009 | — | — | 471 | #563 |
| 2008 | 7 | #15,275 | 525 | #518 |
| 2007 | — | — | 543 | #489 |
| 2006 | — | — | 586 | #462 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,305 | 626 | #426 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,552 | 686 | #394 |
| 2003 | 9 | #11,268 | 670 | #390 |
| 2002 | 8 | #12,118 | 801 | #343 |
| 2001 | 6 | #15,217 | 842 | #331 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,726 | 959 | #307 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,319 | 959 | #299 |
| 1998 | — | — | 951 | #299 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,768 | 995 | #281 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,541 | 862 | #308 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,505 | 852 | #311 |
| 1994 | 6 | #13,332 | 831 | #316 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,678 | 820 | #322 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,659 | 884 | #302 |
| 1991 | 7 | #11,435 | 903 | #289 |
| 1990 | 8 | #10,133 | 981 | #270 |
| 1989 | 6 | #12,274 | 958 | #263 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,646 | 946 | #250 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,954 | 987 | #239 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,953 | 965 | #239 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,626 | 981 | #237 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,766 | 975 | #230 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,943 | 1,007 | #224 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,518 | 1,171 | #210 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,875 | 1,213 | #205 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,984 | 1,259 | #197 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,325 | 1,278 | #187 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,187 | 1,321 | #177 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,077 | 1,332 | #177 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,399 | 1,393 | #170 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,453 | 1,554 | #156 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,495 | 1,579 | #155 |
| 1973 | 41 | #2,017 | 1,731 | #143 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,831 | 1,773 | #146 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,826 | 1,994 | #148 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,598 | 2,220 | #148 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,516 | 2,249 | #134 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,705 | 2,369 | #124 |
| 1967 | 58 | #1,476 | 2,356 | #127 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,762 | 2,465 | #124 |
| 1965 | 62 | #1,404 | 2,719 | #119 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,706 | 3,205 | #108 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,646 | 3,498 | #107 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,944 | 3,415 | #109 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,597 | 3,406 | #116 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,693 | 3,683 | #112 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,641 | 3,772 | #108 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,447 | 3,833 | #104 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,898 | 3,679 | #102 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,965 | 3,109 | #115 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,835 | 3,177 | #108 |
| 1954 | 28 | #2,020 | 3,407 | #100 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,923 | 3,469 | #95 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,860 | 3,512 | #97 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,882 | 3,582 | #94 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,907 | 3,434 | #94 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,916 | 3,886 | #84 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,817 | 4,220 | #79 |
| 1947 | 55 | #1,225 | 4,594 | #79 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,531 | 4,144 | #77 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,399 | 3,449 | #75 |
| 1944 | 49 | #1,127 | 3,696 | #70 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,699 | 3,611 | #77 |
| 1942 | 55 | #1,062 | 3,532 | #73 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,240 | 3,087 | #71 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,371 | 2,827 | #76 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,128 | 2,622 | #77 |
| 1938 | 47 | #1,053 | 2,667 | #77 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,277 | 2,326 | #84 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,203 | 2,108 | #91 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,242 | 2,032 | #95 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,234 | 1,937 | #98 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,243 | 1,630 | #109 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,263 | 1,613 | #109 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,146 | 1,536 | #115 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,270 | 1,386 | #127 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,133 | 1,164 | #144 |
| 1928 | 53 | #1,039 | 1,062 | #151 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,192 | 878 | #170 |
| 1926 | 51 | #1,052 | 751 | #192 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,072 | 705 | #201 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,299 | 568 | #240 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,631 | 479 | #255 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,460 | 498 | #252 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,333 | 400 | #277 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,808 | 344 | #309 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,320 | 298 | #325 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,231 | 297 | #332 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,646 | 262 | #342 |
| 1916 | 17 | #2,020 | 210 | #382 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,613 | 193 | #388 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,892 | 181 | #347 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,014 | 120 | #389 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,128 | 91 | #407 |
| 1911 | — | — | 71 | #322 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,916 | 82 | #274 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,941 | 59 | #298 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,081 | 57 | #289 |
| 1907 | — | — | 44 | #323 |
| 1906 | — | — | 28 | #421 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,405 | 37 | #335 |
| 1904 | — | — | 32 | #358 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,195 | 44 | #289 |
| 1902 | — | — | 32 | #354 |
| 1901 | — | — | 31 | #324 |
| 1900 | — | — | 42 | #336 |
| 1899 | — | — | 21 | #414 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #503 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #550 |
| 1896 | — | — | 17 | #517 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,792 | 20 | #453 |
| 1894 | — | — | 14 | #565 |
| 1893 | — | — | 16 | #478 |
| 1892 | — | — | 16 | #520 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #762 |
| 1890 | — | — | 14 | #532 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #719 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #698 |
| 1887 | — | — | 18 | #408 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #536 |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #829 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #963 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #592 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #830 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #699 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,048 |
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).