Tom — #2780 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tom

The Social Security Administration has registered 139,689 babies named Tom between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tom currently holds the #2780 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 5,068 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tom performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 29,884 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tom shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15,251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tom in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tom 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 139,689 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.