Thom — boys' name

What the Data Says About Thom

The Social Security Administration has registered 845 babies named Thom between 1917 and 2021, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thom currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thom performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Thom shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Thom in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thom in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 845 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.