Thompson — #2911 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Thompson

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,666 babies named Thompson between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thompson currently holds the #2911 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 76 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thompson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 469 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Thompson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Thompson in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thompson 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 2,666 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.