Recorded 1913–2022 Boys' name Peak 1926 486 births

Tomy — boys' name

486 babies named Tomy in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s141920s801930s111940s341950s421960s361970s431980s751990s672000s692010s52020s10
1920s
Peak decade

16% of everyone ever named Tomy was born in this single decade.

1926
Single peak year

14 babies were named Tomy in 1926 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tomy

The Social Security Administration has registered 486 babies named Tomy between 1913 and 2022, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tomy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tomy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Tomy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tomy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tomy 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 486 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.

Tomy at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

486

Since 1913

110 years of records

Peak year

1926

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1913

Recorded for 110 years

Last year on file: 2022

Tomy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1913

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1926)
14
Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
46810121416 202220021992198219711957194119231913 5

Tomy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
80 births that decade — 16% of Tomy's all-time total
1910s141920s801930s111940s341950s421960s361970s431980s751990s672000s692010s52020s10

Tomy by state

Where Tomy concentrates geographically — total births since 1913

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tomy
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.0%
California share of Tomy's total US births 1.0%

5 of 486 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tomy?
486 babies have been named Tomy since 1913. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1926 with 14 births.
When was Tomy most popular?
Tomy was most popular in the 1920s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 1926.
Where is Tomy most popular?
The top states for the name Tomy are California (5 births).
How long has the name Tomy been used?
Tomy has been recorded in Social Security data since 1913, spanning 110 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Tomy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tommy, Tom, Tommie, Tomas, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1913–2022 (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.