Girls' name · since 1915
Tomiye
Tomiye has 26 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Tomiye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 26 have been recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tomiye has been recorded 26 times among girls since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1923.
- #42,945 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tomiye ranks #42,945 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #42,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Tomiye's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tomiye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tomiye's full recorded timeline at 1921, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tomiye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1923
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Tomiye by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (21 births, 81% of the file).
1920s was Tomiye's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Tomiye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 21 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tomiye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1915–1923 (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 Tomiye 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.