Boys' name · since 1967
Tomothy
119 babies named Tomothy in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,300 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 119
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tomothy sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 119 recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tomothy has been recorded 119 times among boys since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1991.
- #16,300 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 119 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tomothy ranks #16,300 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,300 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 119
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tomothy's 119 recorded births place it above 64.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tomothy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tomothy's full recorded timeline at 1983, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tomothy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1991
- Peak year (1982)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Tomothy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 65% of the file).
1980s was Tomothy's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Tomothy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Tomothy's decade-level peak was the 1980s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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 Tomothy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1967–1991 (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 Tomothy 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.