Boys' name · since 1943
Thoms
Thoms has 210 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,671 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Thoms is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 210 have been recorded since 1943.
Thoms has 210 recorded births among boys since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1988.
- #12,671 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 210 born since 1943
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thoms ranks #12,671 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1943, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,671 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Thoms's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thoms's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thoms splits its recorded history at 1969: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thoms popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1988
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Thoms by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (59 births, 28% of the file).
1960s was Thoms's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Thoms births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s
1950s
37 births
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 59 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Thoms's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 1980s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thoms: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1943–1988 (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 Thoms 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.