Girls' name · since 1936
Tomma
Tomma has 106 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Tomma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 106 recorded since 1936.
Tomma has 106 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1973.
- #26,539 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 106 born since 1936
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tomma ranks #26,539 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 106 born since 1936, peaking in the 1940s.
- #26,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Tomma's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tomma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tomma's full recorded timeline at 1951, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1953 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tomma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1973
- Peak year (1953)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Tomma by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (40 births, 38% of the file).
1940s was Tomma's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Tomma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
40 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 40 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Tomma's decade-level peak was the 1940s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tomma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1936–1973 (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 Tomma 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.