Thomasa — girls' name
304 babies named Thomasa in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Thomasa was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Thomasa in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thomasa
The Social Security Administration has registered 304 babies named Thomasa between 1921 and 1992, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thomasa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thomasa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Thomasa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thomasa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thomasa 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 304 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.
Thomasa at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thomasa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1921
- Peak year (1961)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
304 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 20 births in a single year.
Thomasa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 125 births that decade — 41% of Thomasa's all-time total
Thomasa decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Thomasa's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Thomasa by state
Where Thomasa concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 2.6% |
8 of 304 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.