Boys' name · since 1942
Tommas
Since 1942, U.S. Social Security records show 57 babies named Tommas, peaking in 1954. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 57
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Tommas is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 57 have been recorded since 1942.
Tommas has 57 recorded births among boys since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1964.
- #21,306 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 57 born since 1942
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tommas ranks #21,306 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1942, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 57
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Tommas's 57 recorded births place it above 53.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tommas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tommas's SSA record in two at 1954 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1942, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tommas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1964
- Peak year (1954)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Tommas by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (37 births, 65% of the file).
1950s was Tommas's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Tommas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
37 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 37 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Tommas's decade-level peak was the 1950s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1960s -- 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 Tommas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 1942–1964 (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 Tommas 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.