NameTides

Tom

Tom was the #2,183 boys' name in the US in 2025 (65 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #400 in Canada.

Tom as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Tom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,183 (65)#976 (31)#441 (7)#79 (30)#48 (111)#400 (81)
2024#2,715 (48)#757 (45)#352 (10)#60 (43)#55 (103)#386 (85)
2023#2,614 (50)#645 (55)#614 (4)#42 (52)#39 (135)#326 (94)
2022#2,355 (60)#699 (48)#325 (11)#71 (38)#43 (143)#356 (88)
2021#2,193 (64)#676 (53)#262 (16)#70 (42)#33 (181)#316 (108)
2020#2,323 (58)#535 (70)#305 (12)#62 (46)#43 (137)#356 (88)
2019#1,777 (87)#445 (91)#296 (12)#67 (47)#38 (163)#323 (100)
2018#2,122 (66)#387 (112)#217 (21)#51 (55)#32 (198)#367 (86)
2017#1,746 (88)#338 (141)#210 (24)#64 (49)#50 (155)#335 (98)
2016#2,028 (70)#314 (153)#215 (23)#42 (69)#36 (197)#387 (79)
2015#2,036 (70)#252 (204)#161 (36)#72 (47)#37 (192)#350 (89)
2014#1,884 (77)#240 (230)#176 (33)#80 (39)#45 (185)#363 (88)
2013#1,763 (82)#218 (239)#227 (20)#65 (48)#49 (178)#336 (87)
2012#1,787 (83)#196 (285)#198 (28)#70 (47)#58 (157)#471 (59)
2011#1,755 (83)#197 (270)#200 (25)#78 (45)#66 (126)#475 (57)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #44.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 baby boys in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 210common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tom is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 43,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tom by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Tom (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#9972
Ontario2024#1,5176

Tom (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
TomCanadaBoys#40081
TomEngland & WalesBoys#97631
TomIrelandBoys#48111
TomNorthern IrelandBoys#7930
TomScotlandBoys#4417
TomUSGirls—too few
TomUSBoys#2,18365