Tomi
Tomi is given to both girls and boys: 20 girls and 5 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,093 among girls’ names and #13,705 among boys’, #9,052 among all names counting both); 2,948 Americans have been recorded with it since 1916 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,610 Americans named Tomi and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 29 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tomi by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tomi mean?
Wiktionary, Finnish section
Tomi is “a male given name”
20th-century rendering of Swedish Tom and English Tom.
/ˈtomi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Finnish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tomi?
#6,093 among girls’ names, 2025
Tomi rose from #11,761 in 2015 to #6,093 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 5.0 to 12.4 per million.
63 babies in 1979, the peak
Tomi peaked in 1979, when 63 babies were given it (58 girls, #1,856 among girls’ names). The 25 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 40% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,093 | 12.4 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,771 | 13.6 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,368 | 15.0 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,365 | 20.1 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,596 | 18.3 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,998 | 22.3 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,334 | 19.7 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,994 | 15.9 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,507 | 13.9 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,569 | 9.0 |
Every recorded year (99)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | #11,761 | 5.0 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,449 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,940 | 5.7 |
| 2012 | 9 | #12,129 | 5.1 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,830 | 3.9 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,622 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,503 | 4.8 |
| 2007 | 16 | #8,067 | 8.3 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,575 | 10.5 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,777 | 11.9 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,361 | 8.7 |
| 2003 | 25 | #5,076 | 13.7 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,245 | 12.8 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,096 | 17.2 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,725 | 19.3 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,299 | 15.2 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,907 | 17.0 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,440 | 19.5 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,716 | 17.1 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,969 | 22.7 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,295 | 19.6 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,409 | 18.2 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,083 | 20.6 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,924 | 21.3 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,286 | 17.9 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,153 | 18.4 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,857 | 20.8 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,989 | 32.8 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,168 | 28.6 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,396 | 24.4 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,909 | 18.4 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,844 | 18.6 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,368 | 24.8 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,909 | 34.2 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,217 | 27.7 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,856 | 36.1 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,960 | 32.6 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,733 | 39.1 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,994 | 30.7 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,959 | 31.6 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,342 | 23.2 |
| 1973 | 41 | #2,015 | 28.1 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,803 | 31.6 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,242 | 21.6 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,718 | 30.9 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,753 | 29.0 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,676 | 29.9 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,978 | 21.8 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,712 | 26.0 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,850 | 22.1 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,588 | 27.4 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,596 | 26.5 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,728 | 22.4 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,513 | 27.7 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,691 | 22.3 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,692 | 21.3 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,980 | 15.9 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,748 | 19.1 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,558 | 23.4 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,728 | 18.9 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,699 | 19.1 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,407 | 26.0 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,573 | 9.7 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,173 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,181 | 12.3 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,403 | 10.5 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,899 | 15.3 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,445 | 10.2 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,310 | 11.5 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,985 | 14.5 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,192 | 12.8 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,344 | 11.5 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,180 | 7.4 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,230 | 7.4 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,302 | 5.2 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,205 | 5.5 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,126 | 8.5 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,797 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,870 | 6.6 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,186 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,212 | 4.5 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,363 | 4.3 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,244 | 5.9 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,340 | 8.2 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,813 | 4.0 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,976 | 6.7 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,788 | 4.1 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,427 | 8.0 |
| 1916 | 5 | #5,086 | 4.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tomi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,948 Americans recorded as Tomi, 95% are girls and 5% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tomi: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tomi, and how old are they?
2,610 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 2,948 Americans ever recorded as Tomi. The median Tomi alive today is 45 years old; half are between 29 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 2,819 people named Tomi (2,425 women and girls, 394 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,530 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 48 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 550 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 693 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 638 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 375 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 305 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tomi born?
The states with the most babies named Tomi are California, Texas and Ohio, with 82% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 193 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 74 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 48 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 22 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New York | 10 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Oklahoma | 10 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Washington | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tomi with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 5,204 babies since 1880, Tomi is the most given (57% of them). In 2025 it was given to 25 of their 60 babies (42%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tomi
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tomi and names like it
- Compare Tomi and TommiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTomi peaked in 1979.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tomi since 1910.
- Finnish namesWiktionary’s origin for Tomi: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1979The year the most babies were named Tomi.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tomi alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.