Boys' name · since 1880
Tommy
Tommy has 178,733 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #657 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178,733
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
178,733 babies have been named Tommy since 1880, making it today's #657 boys' name.
Tommy has 178,733 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #657 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #204 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #657 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 178,733 born since 1880
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tommy ranks #204 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #657 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 178,733 born since 1880, peaking in the 1940s.
- #204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #657 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178,733
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
Tommy's 178,733 recorded births place it above 99.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Tommy compares
178,733 Top 2% higher than 98% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tommy's all-time total is 484x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tommy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178,733 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 4,594 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tommy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tommy splits its recorded history at 1953: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 4,594 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tommy popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1947)
- 4,594
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Tommy popularity over time - girls
2,942 total births recorded since 1895 (Tommy as girls' name)
Tommy by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (37,046 births, 21% of the file).
1940s was Tommy's strongest decade.
37,046 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Tommy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 94
1880s
94 births
- 1890s 159
1890s
159 births
- 1900s 406
1900s
406 births
- 1910s 1,805
1910s
1,805 births
- 1920s 6,849
1920s
6,849 births
- 1930s
1930s
19,857 births
- 1940s
1940s
37,046 births
- 1950s
1950s
34,974 births
- 1960s
1960s
29,365 births
- 1970s
1970s
16,175 births
- 1980s 10,462
1980s
10,462 births
- 1990s 9,038
1990s
9,038 births
- 2000s 6,709
2000s
6,709 births
- 2010s 3,592
2010s
3,592 births
- 2020s 2,202
2020s
2,202 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 37,046 births (21% of all-time use).
How Tommy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Tommy's total volume
Tommy by state
Where Tommy concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 25,510 | 14.3% |
| #2 | California | | 12,855 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 11,477 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 9,480 | 5.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 9,365 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 8,919 | 5.0% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 8,515 | 4.8% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 7,437 | 4.2% |
25,510 of 178,733 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Tommy appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tommy's data
- Tommy's decade-level peak was the 1940s (37,046 total births); usage has since declined to 2,202 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Tommys (25,510 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tommy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Tommy 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.