NameTides

Tommy

Tommy was the #657 boys' name in the US in 2025 (420 babies), and #44 in England & Wales and #273 in Canada.

Tommy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Tommy 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Tommy 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.051015201880192019602000
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#657 (420)#44 (1,160)#26 (137)#14 (84)#27 (178)#273 (123)#97 (90)#61 (116)
2024#731 (360)#39 (1,324)#20 (154)#20 (77)#21 (202)#275 (118)—#59 (122)
2023#689 (387)#26 (1,629)#25 (149)#11 (105)#21 (214)#304 (103)#84 (95)#65 (95)
2022#726 (358)#23 (1,824)#25 (159)#13 (97)#29 (184)#292 (109)—#85 (83)
2021#732 (351)#24 (1,901)#36 (129)#14 (101)#36 (171)#330 (103)——
2020#744 (326)#22 (2,013)#27 (148)#16 (83)#36 (154)#332 (96)——
2019#698 (361)#26 (1,877)#46 (113)#33 (71)#53 (131)#316 (102)——
2018#721 (332)#50 (1,299)#89 (68)#58 (51)#69 (95)#337 (96)——
2017#710 (345)#61 (1,036)#136 (43)#95 (30)#68 (106)#397 (76)——
2016#754 (322)#57 (1,066)#137 (43)#81 (40)#66 (110)#296 (118)——
2015#706 (355)#60 (1,075)#200 (26)#91 (34)#63 (121)#329 (99)——
2014#723 (333)#55 (1,120)#176 (33)#93 (34)#69 (121)#285 (120)——
2013#658 (368)#52 (1,207)#154 (36)#108 (28)#78 (101)#258 (130)——
2012#625 (388)#55 (1,281)#142 (43)#106 (29)#80 (101)#251 (135)——
2011#636 (368)#65 (980)#143 (41)#149 (18)#88 (89)#214 (161)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1944 at #70.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Tommy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 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 4,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 230common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 140very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 99very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tommy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tommy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #591CAUtah: #214UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #622TXFlorida: #633FL
Tommy (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#10963
Ontario2024#47826

Tommy (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
TommyCanadaBoys#273123
TommyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TommyEngland & WalesBoys#441,160
TommyIrelandBoys#27178
TommyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TommyNorthern IrelandBoys#1484
TommyNSWBoys#9790
TommyScotlandBoys#26137
TommyUSGirls#4,06735
TommyUSBoys#657420
TommyVICBoys#61116

Notes on Tommy

The 1940s were Tommy’s American heyday, with a peak of #70 in 1944, and by 2016 it was down to #754. Canada saw a shorter version of the same arc, peaking at #70 in 1998 and falling to #397 in 2017. England and Wales came to it later, climbing from #156 in 2010 to #22 in 2020, and Northern Ireland reached #11 in 2023.