Boys' name · since 1988
Jamesthomas
Jamesthomas has 20 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,061 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
20 boys have been named Jamesthomas since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamesthomas has been recorded 20 times among boys since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1997.
- #29,061 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamesthomas ranks #29,061 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,061 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jamesthomas's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jamesthomas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jamesthomas's full recorded timeline at 1996, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jamesthomas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jamesthomas by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 75% of the file).
1990s was Jamesthomas's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Jamesthomas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jamesthomas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jamesthomas draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.