Thomas-James

Thomas-James was the #2,133 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (11 babies).

Thomas-James as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Thomas-James as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2519801990200020102020England & Wales
Thomas-James as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.25198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,133 (11)——
2024#2,922 (7)——
2023#2,547 (8)——
2022#2,530 (8)——
2021#1,984 (11)——
2020#2,228 (9)——
2019#1,745 (13)——
2018#3,959 (4)——
2017#1,703 (14)#532 (5)—
2016#1,627 (15)——
2015#1,902 (12)——
2014#1,486 (16)—#2,371 (6)
2013#1,796 (12)#687 (3)—
2012#1,367 (18)——
2011#2,194 (9)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2012 at #1,367.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Thomas-James is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 49,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
Thomas-JamesCanadaBoys—too few
Thomas-JamesEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
Thomas-JamesNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
Thomas-JamesScotlandBoys—too few