Tommie — #4556 US boys' name
34,411 babies named Tommie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Tommie was born in this single decade.
669 babies were named Tommie in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tommie
The Social Security Administration has registered 34,411 babies named Tommie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tommie currently holds the #4556 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 669 babies received it in a single year. Tommie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17,691 additional births since 1880.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tommie performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 5,957 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tommie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 4,875 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Tommie in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tommie 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 34,411 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.
Tommie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Tommie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1947)
- 669
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #4556 among boys.
34,411 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 669 births in a single year.
Tommie popularity over time — girls
17,691 total births recorded since 1880 (Tommie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Tommie accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tommie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 5,957 births that decade — 17% of Tommie's all-time total
Tommie decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,957 births
- Runner-up 5,258 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Tommie's strongest decade
5,957 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Tommie by state
Where Tommie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 4,875 | 14.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,533 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 3,475 | 10.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 3,369 | 9.8% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 1,478 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,394 | 4.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,357 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,292 | 3.8% |
4,875 of 34,411 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 14.2% of nationwide
- Texas 10.3% of nationwide
- Alabama 10.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 9.8% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 14.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tommie appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.