NameTides

Thomas

Thomas was the #34 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,917 babies), and #35 in England & Wales and #9 in Canada.

Thomas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Thomas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Thomas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#34 (6,917)#35 (1,344)#21 (155)#18 (74)#16 (211)#9 (1,087)#13 (269)#12 (272)
2024#39 (6,596)#26 (1,543)#20 (154)#11 (96)#14 (226)#10 (1,068)#12 (289)#14 (259)
2023#41 (6,625)#19 (1,855)#16 (195)#12 (103)#18 (227)#8 (1,157)#13 (274)#10 (270)
2022#45 (6,512)#19 (2,101)#20 (183)#10 (107)#16 (246)#7 (1,230)#9 (348)#9 (282)
2021#46 (6,680)#18 (2,302)#19 (193)#11 (109)#15 (288)#8 (1,348)#12 (330)#9 (310)
2020#45 (6,452)#15 (2,646)#17 (198)#6 (119)#19 (271)#11 (1,232)#10 (351)#6 (339)
2019#47 (6,667)#13 (2,957)#16 (218)#8 (140)#18 (284)#11 (1,342)#8 (370)#5 (385)
2018#49 (6,840)#12 (3,243)#14 (251)#9 (142)#12 (321)#11 (1,335)#6 (404)#5 (345)
2017#49 (7,187)#13 (3,246)#19 (229)#7 (158)#19 (291)#12 (1,265)#7 (393)#5 (345)
2016#48 (7,367)#9 (3,898)#23 (225)#14 (117)#15 (328)#11 (1,447)#8 (424)#7 (320)
2015#50 (7,204)#9 (4,075)#22 (240)#9 (157)#11 (379)#11 (1,434)#7 (443)#4 (337)
2014#54 (7,043)#6 (4,405)#25 (228)#10 (147)#17 (362)#12 (1,378)#7 (471)#5 (342)
2013#61 (6,799)#6 (4,591)#21 (241)#11 (145)#11 (412)#12 (1,371)#7 (466)#5 (374)
2012#63 (6,855)#6 (4,893)#23 (265)#14 (141)#17 (403)#13 (1,324)#9 (519)#5 (423)
2011#63 (6,929)#6 (5,353)#27 (257)#11 (160)#18 (403)#12 (1,442)#8 (519)#6 (385)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1951 at #8.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 250common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 200common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 110very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 110very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 150very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Thomas is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 240 to 1 in 260.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Thomas by state, 2025Alaska: #46AKMaine: #18MEWisconsin: #43WIVermont: #16VTNew Hampshire: #18NHWashington: #27WAIdaho: #18IDMontana: #22MTNorth Dakota: #53NDMinnesota: #14MNIllinois: #32ILMichigan: #39MINew York: #36NYMassachusetts: #16MAOregon: #31ORNevada: #58NVWyoming: #27WYSouth Dakota: #32SDIowa: #39IAIndiana: #37INOhio: #27OHPennsylvania: #27PANew Jersey: #24NJConnecticut: #23CTRhode Island: #29RICalifornia: #69CAUtah: #12UTColorado: #52CONebraska: #32NEMissouri: #18MOKentucky: #33KYWest Virginia: #39WVVirginia: #14VAMaryland: #37MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #79AZNew Mexico: #106NMKansas: #29KSArkansas: #35ARTennessee: #33TNNorth Carolina: #30NCSouth Carolina: #15SCDistrict of Columbia: #16DCOklahoma: #57OKLouisiana: #16LAMississippi: #10MSAlabama: #17ALGeorgia: #27GAHawaii: #45HITexas: #55TXFlorida: #42FL
Thomas (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#8434
Ontario2024#24300

Thomas (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ThomasCanadaGirls—too few
ThomasCanadaBoys#91,087
ThomasEngland & WalesBoys#351,344
ThomasIrelandBoys#16211
ThomásIrelandBoys—too few
ThomasNorthern IrelandBoys#1874
ThomasNSWBoys#13269
ThomasScotlandBoys#21155
ThomasUSGirls#11,9327
ThomasUSBoys#346,917
ThomasVICBoys#12272