Tomie — boys' name
904 babies named Tomie in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Tomie was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Tomie in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tomie
The Social Security Administration has registered 904 babies named Tomie between 1886 and 1983, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tomie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 39 babies received it in a single year. Tomie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 476 additional births since 1912.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tomie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 241 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tomie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 76 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Tomie in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tomie 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 904 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.
Tomie at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tomie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1886
- Peak year (1919)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
904 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 39 births in a single year.
Tomie popularity over time — girls
476 total births recorded since 1912 (Tomie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Tomie accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tomie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 241 births that decade — 27% of Tomie's all-time total
Tomie decade highlights
- Peak decade 241 births
- Runner-up 223 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Tomie's strongest decade
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Tomie by state
Where Tomie concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 76 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 23 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
76 of 904 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 8.4% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.5% of nationwide
- Arkansas 1.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 8.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1886–1983 (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.