Thoms — boys' name
210 babies named Thoms in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Thoms was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Thoms in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thoms
The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Thoms between 1943 and 1988, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thoms currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thoms performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Thoms shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thoms 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 210 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.
Thoms at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thoms popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1943
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
210 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 11 births in a single year.
Thoms by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 59 births that decade — 28% of Thoms's all-time total
Thoms decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Thoms's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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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, 1943–1988 (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.