Tommy
Tommy was given to 420 boys in 2025, #658 among boys’ names; 181,675 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 113,000 Americans named Tommy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 44 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tommy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tommy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tommy is “a diminutive of the male given name Thomas.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Thomasina.”
/ˈtɑmi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tommy?
#658 among boys’ names, 2025
Tommy rose from #706 in 2015 to #658 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.19 to 0.25 per 1,000.
4,649 babies in 1947, the peak
Tommy peaked in 1947, when 4,649 babies were given it (4,594 boys, #79 among boys’ names). The 455 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 10% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 420 | #658 | 0.25 |
| 2024 | 360 | #731 | 0.21 |
| 2023 | 387 | #690 | 0.23 |
| 2022 | 358 | #726 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 351 | #734 | 0.20 |
| 2020 | 326 | #745 | 0.19 |
| 2019 | 361 | #698 | 0.20 |
| 2018 | 332 | #722 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 345 | #710 | 0.19 |
| 2016 | 322 | #756 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 355 | #706 | 0.19 |
| 2014 | 333 | #724 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 368 | #658 | 0.19 |
| 2012 | 388 | #627 | 0.20 |
| 2011 | 368 | #637 | 0.19 |
| 2010 | 420 | #595 | 0.22 |
| 2009 | 471 | #563 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 525 | #518 | 0.26 |
| 2007 | 543 | #489 | 0.26 |
| 2006 | 586 | #462 | 0.29 |
| 2005 | 626 | #426 | 0.31 |
| 2004 | 686 | #394 | 0.35 |
| 2003 | 670 | #390 | 0.34 |
| 2002 | 801 | #343 | 0.41 |
| 2001 | 842 | #331 | 0.43 |
| 2000 | 959 | #307 | 0.49 |
| 1999 | 959 | #299 | 0.50 |
| 1998 | 951 | #299 | 0.50 |
| 1997 | 995 | #281 | 0.53 |
| 1996 | 862 | #308 | 0.46 |
| 1995 | 852 | #311 | 0.45 |
| 1994 | 831 | #316 | 0.43 |
| 1993 | 820 | #322 | 0.42 |
| 1992 | 884 | #302 | 0.44 |
| 1991 | 903 | #289 | 0.45 |
| 1990 | 981 | #270 | 0.48 |
| 1989 | 958 | #263 | 0.48 |
| 1988 | 946 | #250 | 0.49 |
| 1987 | 987 | #239 | 0.53 |
| 1986 | 965 | #239 | 0.52 |
| 1985 | 981 | #237 | 0.53 |
| 1984 | 975 | #230 | 0.54 |
| 1983 | 1,007 | #224 | 0.56 |
| 1982 | 1,171 | #210 | 0.65 |
| 1981 | 1,213 | #205 | 0.68 |
| 1980 | 1,259 | #197 | 0.71 |
| 1979 | 1,278 | #187 | 0.74 |
| 1978 | 1,321 | #177 | 0.80 |
| 1977 | 1,332 | #177 | 0.81 |
| 1976 | 1,393 | #170 | 0.89 |
| 1975 | 1,554 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,579 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,731 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1972 | 1,773 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1971 | 1,994 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1970 | 2,220 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 2,249 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1968 | 2,369 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1967 | 2,356 | #127 | 1.4 |
| 1966 | 2,465 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1965 | 2,719 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 1964 | 3,205 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 1963 | 3,498 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1962 | 3,415 | #109 | 1.7 |
| 1961 | 3,406 | #116 | 1.6 |
| 1960 | 3,683 | #112 | 1.7 |
| 1959 | 3,772 | #108 | 1.8 |
| 1958 | 3,833 | #104 | 1.8 |
| 1957 | 3,679 | #102 | 1.7 |
| 1956 | 3,109 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1955 | 3,177 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1954 | 3,407 | #100 | 1.7 |
| 1953 | 3,469 | #95 | 1.8 |
| 1952 | 3,512 | #97 | 1.8 |
| 1951 | 3,582 | #94 | 1.9 |
| 1950 | 3,434 | #94 | 1.9 |
| 1949 | 3,886 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1948 | 4,220 | #79 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 4,594 | #79 | 2.5 |
| 1946 | 4,144 | #77 | 2.6 |
| 1945 | 3,449 | #75 | 2.6 |
| 1944 | 3,696 | #70 | 2.7 |
| 1943 | 3,611 | #77 | 2.5 |
| 1942 | 3,532 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1941 | 3,087 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1940 | 2,827 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1939 | 2,622 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1938 | 2,667 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1937 | 2,326 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1936 | 2,108 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1935 | 2,032 | #95 | 2.0 |
| 1934 | 1,937 | #98 | 1.9 |
| 1933 | 1,630 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 1932 | 1,613 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 1931 | 1,536 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1930 | 1,386 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1929 | 1,164 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1928 | 1,062 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1927 | 878 | #170 | 0.78 |
| 1926 | 751 | #192 | 0.68 |
| 1925 | 705 | #201 | 0.63 |
| 1924 | 568 | #240 | 0.50 |
| 1923 | 479 | #255 | 0.44 |
| 1922 | 498 | #252 | 0.46 |
| 1921 | 400 | #277 | 0.36 |
| 1920 | 344 | #309 | 0.32 |
| 1919 | 298 | #325 | 0.30 |
| 1918 | 297 | #332 | 0.29 |
| 1917 | 262 | #342 | 0.28 |
| 1916 | 210 | #382 | 0.24 |
| 1915 | 193 | #388 | 0.23 |
| 1914 | 181 | #347 | 0.28 |
| 1913 | 120 | #389 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 91 | #407 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 71 | #322 | 0.31 |
| 1910 | 82 | #274 | 0.42 |
| 1909 | 59 | #298 | 0.36 |
| 1908 | 57 | #289 | 0.37 |
| 1907 | 44 | #323 | 0.30 |
| 1906 | 28 | #421 | 0.21 |
| 1905 | 37 | #335 | 0.28 |
| 1904 | 32 | #358 | 0.25 |
| 1903 | 44 | #289 | 0.37 |
| 1902 | 32 | #354 | 0.26 |
| 1901 | 31 | #324 | 0.29 |
| 1900 | 42 | #336 | 0.28 |
| 1899 | 21 | #414 | 0.20 |
| 1898 | 18 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 15 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 17 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 20 | #453 | 0.17 |
| 1894 | 14 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 16 | #478 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 16 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 8 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 14 | #532 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 9 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 10 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 18 | #408 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 13 | #536 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 7 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 6 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 11 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 7 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 8 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,048 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tommy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 181,675 Americans recorded as Tommy, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 35 girls and 420 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tommy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tommy, and how old are they?
113,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 181,675 Americans ever recorded as Tommy. The median Tommy alive today is 61 years old; half are between 44 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 101,695 people named Tommy (995 women and girls, 100,700 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 125,292 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 10,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 45,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 14,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,710 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tommy born?
The states with the most babies named Tommy are Texas, California and Georgia, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 25,950 | #630 | 2.2× |
| California | 12,869 | #599 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 11,518 | #460 | 2.3× |
| Tennessee | 9,495 | #588 | 2.3× |
| North Carolina | 9,383 | #586 | 1.7× |
| Alabama | 8,931 | #479 | 2.3× |
| Oklahoma | 8,561 | #799 | 3.1× |
| Mississippi | 7,444 | #517 | 2.6× |
| Arkansas | 7,134 | #440 | 3.0× |
| Florida | 6,416 | #648 | 1.3× |
Where Tommy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tommy is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tommy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 236,918 babies since 1880, Tommy is the most given (77% of them). In 2025 it was given to 455 of their 592 babies (77%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tommy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tommy and names like it
- Compare Tommy and TommieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sTommy peaked in 1947.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tommy since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Tommy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Tommy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.