Tomislav — boys' name
197 babies named Tomislav in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Tomislav was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Tomislav in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tomislav
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Tomislav between 1962 and 2003, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tomislav currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tomislav performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tomislav shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tomislav 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 197 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.
Tomislav at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tomislav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1962
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
197 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 12 births in a single year.
Tomislav by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 70 births that decade — 36% of Tomislav's all-time total
Tomislav decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tomislav's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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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, 1962–2003 (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.