Thomas is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #49 for boy births in the United States, given to 6,924 babies. Thomas first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1952 (48,725 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,924 | #49 |
| 2024 | 6,601 | #59 |
| 2023 | 6,632 | #56 |
| 2022 | 6,522 | #64 |
| 2021 | 6,685 | #66 |
| 2020 | 6,460 | #67 |
| 2019 | 6,667 | #72 |
| 2018 | 6,847 | #73 |
| 2017 | 7,198 | #69 |
| 2016 | 7,377 | #70 |
| 2015 | 7,214 | #75 |
| 2014 | 7,049 | #82 |
| 2013 | 6,807 | #93 |
| 2012 | 6,865 | #93 |
| 2011 | 6,939 | #88 |
| 2010 | 7,147 | #83 |
| 2009 | 7,741 | #84 |
| 2008 | 8,370 | #77 |
| 2007 | 8,943 | #75 |
| 2006 | 9,531 | #72 |
| 2005 | 10,051 | #60 |
| 2004 | 10,543 | #55 |
| 2003 | 10,951 | #56 |
| 2002 | 11,307 | #58 |
| 2001 | 12,163 | #51 |
| 2000 | 12,661 | #51 |
| 1999 | 12,814 | #45 |
| 1998 | 12,906 | #46 |
| 1997 | 12,918 | #45 |
| 1996 | 13,835 | #41 |
| 1995 | 14,193 | #43 |
| 1994 | 14,931 | #42 |
| 1993 | 14,897 | #44 |
| 1992 | 15,325 | #45 |
| 1991 | 16,830 | #43 |
| 1990 | 18,275 | #39 |
| 1989 | 18,509 | #35 |
| 1988 | 18,923 | #34 |
| 1987 | 18,264 | #34 |
| 1986 | 17,490 | #38 |
| 1985 | 17,722 | #36 |
| 1984 | 17,715 | #35 |
| 1983 | 17,712 | #35 |
| 1982 | 17,688 | #34 |
| 1981 | 17,268 | #37 |
| 1980 | 17,676 | #38 |
| 1979 | 16,576 | #39 |
| 1978 | 16,612 | #37 |
| 1977 | 16,709 | #34 |
| 1976 | 16,223 | #33 |
| 1975 | 16,618 | #29 |
| 1974 | 17,361 | #28 |
| 1973 | 18,022 | #27 |
| 1972 | 19,653 | #27 |
| 1971 | 23,280 | #24 |
| 1970 | 26,802 | #21 |
| 1969 | 27,568 | #17 |
| 1968 | 27,541 | #15 |
| 1967 | 28,385 | #15 |
| 1966 | 29,120 | #12 |
| 1965 | 31,707 | #12 |
| 1964 | 34,576 | #11 |
| 1963 | 35,625 | #11 |
| 1962 | 36,643 | #11 |
| 1961 | 37,675 | #11 |
| 1960 | 39,397 | #10 |
| 1959 | 40,423 | #12 |
| 1958 | 42,203 | #11 |
| 1957 | 44,736 | #11 |
| 1956 | 44,940 | #14 |
| 1955 | 45,927 | #14 |
| 1954 | 47,237 | #12 |
| 1953 | 47,106 | #12 |
| 1952 | 48,725 | #12 |
| 1951 | 48,365 | #11 |
| 1950 | 45,677 | #11 |
| 1949 | 45,293 | #11 |
| 1948 | 43,875 | #12 |
| 1947 | 44,945 | #12 |
| 1946 | 38,985 | #12 |
| 1945 | 31,974 | #12 |
| 1944 | 31,704 | #12 |
| 1943 | 32,965 | #12 |
| 1942 | 31,203 | #12 |
| 1941 | 26,716 | #11 |
| 1940 | 24,077 | #11 |
| 1939 | 22,203 | #13 |
| 1938 | 21,457 | #14 |
| 1937 | 19,838 | #14 |
| 1936 | 18,418 | #13 |
| 1935 | 17,757 | #16 |
| 1934 | 17,435 | #16 |
| 1933 | 16,604 | #16 |
| 1932 | 16,926 | #16 |
| 1931 | 16,936 | #17 |
| 1930 | 17,136 | #17 |
| 1929 | 16,393 | #17 |
| 1928 | 16,725 | #17 |
| 1927 | 17,143 | #17 |
| 1926 | 16,702 | #17 |
| 1925 | 16,766 | #18 |
| 1924 | 16,640 | #18 |
| 1923 | 15,952 | #20 |
| 1922 | 15,328 | #19 |
| 1921 | 15,384 | #21 |
| 1920 | 15,018 | #20 |
| 1919 | 13,500 | #20 |
| 1918 | 13,979 | #20 |
| 1917 | 12,666 | #20 |
| 1916 | 12,047 | #20 |
| 1915 | 11,536 | #20 |
| 1914 | 8,898 | #20 |
| 1913 | 7,132 | #20 |
| 1912 | 6,121 | #21 |
| 1911 | 3,315 | #35 |
| 1910 | 2,869 | #40 |
| 1909 | 2,480 | #39 |
| 1908 | 2,323 | #43 |
| 1907 | 2,186 | #44 |
| 1906 | 2,189 | #40 |
| 1905 | 2,153 | #40 |
| 1904 | 2,073 | #40 |
| 1903 | 1,971 | #41 |
| 1902 | 2,150 | #39 |
| 1901 | 1,832 | #46 |
| 1900 | 2,572 | #35 |
| 1899 | 1,819 | #42 |
| 1898 | 2,172 | #36 |
| 1897 | 1,996 | #37 |
| 1896 | 2,099 | #37 |
| 1895 | 2,167 | #34 |
| 1894 | 2,179 | #33 |
| 1893 | 2,173 | #33 |
| 1892 | 2,429 | #24 |
| 1891 | 1,995 | #28 |
| 1890 | 2,209 | #27 |
| 1889 | 2,245 | #23 |
| 1888 | 2,463 | #19 |
| 1887 | 2,158 | #15 |
| 1886 | 2,345 | #15 |
| 1885 | 2,275 | #14 |
| 1884 | 2,582 | #11 |
| 1883 | 2,316 | #13 |
| 1882 | 2,622 | #10 |
| 1881 | 2,293 | #11 |
| 1880 | 2,542 | #10 |