Boys' name · since 1986
Thomasjames
Thomasjames has 72 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,674 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
72 boys have been named Thomasjames since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thomasjames has 72 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2023.
- #19,674 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 72 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thomasjames ranks #19,674 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,674 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 72
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Thomasjames's 72 recorded births place it above 56.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thomasjames's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thomasjames splits its recorded history at 2003: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thomasjames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2023
- Peak year (1996)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Thomasjames by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (26 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Thomasjames's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Thomasjames births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Thomasjames's decade-level peak was the 2000s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thomasjames: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1986–2023 (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 Thomasjames 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.