Unisex name · since 1973
Toma
658 babies named Toma in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,700 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,077 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 658
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Toma currently ranks #4077 among unisex names in America, with 658 babies recorded since 1973.
Toma has 658 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4077 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #6,700 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,077 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 658 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Toma ranks #6,700 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,077 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 658 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,700 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,077 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 658
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Toma's 658 recorded births place it above 85.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Toma compares
658 Top 39% higher than 61% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Toma's all-time total is 78% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Toma | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 658 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 84 | 34 | 22,252 |
Toma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Toma's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 84, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Toma popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 84
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Toma popularity over time - girls
216 total births recorded since 1929 (Toma as girls' name)
Toma by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (228 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Toma's strongest decade.
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Toma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
228 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 60
1990s
60 births
- 2000s 86
2000s
86 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s
2020s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 228 births (35% of all-time use).
How Toma compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Toma's total volume
Toma by state
Where Toma concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 39 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 4.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 13 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 7 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
39 of 658 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Toma's data
- Toma's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (228 total births) through the 2020s (121) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Tomas (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Toma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Toma 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.