Tom was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #40 in 1880 but is far less common today.
Tom is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,206 for boy births in the United States (and #4,739 across all names), given to 65 babies. Tom first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (5,068 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,743 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,653 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,375 |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,220 |
| 2020 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,346 |
| 2019 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,787 |
| 2018 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,142 |
| 2017 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,765 |
| 2016 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,044 |
| 2015 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,051 |
| 2014 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,903 |
| 2013 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,779 |
| 2012 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,798 |
| 2011 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,768 |
| 2010 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,828 |
| 2009 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,616 |
| 2008 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,632 |
| 2007 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,648 |
| 2006 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,436 |
| 2005 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,260 |
| 2004 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,365 |
| 2003 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,148 |
| 2002 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,077 |
| 2001 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,349 |
| 2000 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,311 |
| 1999 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,141 |
| 1998 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,030 |
| 1997 | 125 | — | — | #1,026 |
| 1996 | 126 | — | — | #997 |
| 1995 | 134 | — | — | #964 |
| 1994 | 116 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1993 | 146 | — | — | #883 |
| 1992 | 151 | — | — | #862 |
| 1991 | 194 | — | — | #730 |
| 1990 | 214 | — | — | #696 |
| 1989 | 189 | — | — | #721 |
| 1988 | 189 | — | — | #686 |
| 1987 | 177 | — | — | #684 |
| 1986 | 188 | — | — | #652 |
| 1985 | 180 | — | — | #654 |
| 1984 | 186 | — | — | #625 |
| 1983 | 200 | — | — | #604 |
| 1982 | 197 | — | — | #619 |
| 1981 | 243 | — | — | #538 |
| 1980 | 235 | — | — | #564 |
| 1979 | 261 | — | — | #524 |
| 1978 | 244 | — | — | #528 |
| 1977 | 285 | — | — | #480 |
| 1976 | 324 | — | #8,092 | #441 |
| 1975 | 303 | — | — | #463 |
| 1974 | 424 | — | — | #372 |
| 1973 | 458 | — | #8,356 | #363 |
| 1972 | 581 | — | — | #316 |
| 1971 | 872 | — | #9,547 | #256 |
| 1970 | 1,130 | — | — | #219 |
| 1969 | 1,214 | — | — | #206 |
| 1968 | 1,363 | — | — | #185 |
| 1967 | 1,499 | — | #5,422 | #175 |
| 1966 | 1,857 | — | #5,769 | #153 |
| 1965 | 2,503 | — | #6,479 | #127 |
| 1964 | 3,300 | — | #5,435 | #107 |
| 1963 | 3,704 | — | #6,538 | #103 |
| 1962 | 4,178 | — | #5,813 | #98 |
| 1961 | 4,741 | — | #4,521 | #88 |
| 1960 | 4,905 | — | #4,157 | #86 |
| 1959 | 5,080 | — | #3,808 | #82 |
| 1958 | 4,362 | — | #6,050 | #96 |
| 1957 | 3,354 | — | — | #116 |
| 1956 | 1,924 | — | #4,148 | #161 |
| 1955 | 1,519 | — | #5,777 | #180 |
| 1954 | 1,394 | — | #5,696 | #188 |
| 1953 | 1,382 | — | #6,445 | #184 |
| 1952 | 1,439 | — | — | #181 |
| 1951 | 1,522 | — | — | #168 |
| 1950 | 1,832 | — | #3,940 | #145 |
| 1949 | 2,552 | — | #3,873 | #114 |
| 1948 | 3,442 | — | #2,961 | #94 |
| 1947 | 3,933 | — | #3,429 | #87 |
| 1946 | 3,634 | — | #3,411 | #87 |
| 1945 | 2,903 | — | #3,113 | #89 |
| 1944 | 2,911 | — | #3,356 | #87 |
| 1943 | 2,916 | — | #4,164 | #87 |
| 1942 | 2,888 | — | #2,650 | #89 |
| 1941 | 2,509 | — | #3,231 | #88 |
| 1940 | 2,295 | — | #3,483 | #92 |
| 1939 | 2,036 | — | #3,402 | #97 |
| 1938 | 1,945 | — | #2,330 | #106 |
| 1937 | 1,819 | — | #2,555 | #108 |
| 1936 | 1,703 | — | #3,351 | #112 |
| 1935 | 1,738 | — | #2,425 | #110 |
| 1934 | 1,579 | — | — | #112 |
| 1933 | 1,435 | — | #2,850 | #117 |
| 1932 | 1,551 | — | #2,482 | #116 |
| 1931 | 1,371 | — | #3,464 | #125 |
| 1930 | 1,349 | — | #2,542 | #132 |
| 1929 | 1,286 | — | #2,175 | #134 |
| 1928 | 1,322 | — | #2,182 | #135 |
| 1927 | 1,282 | — | #2,686 | #138 |
| 1926 | 1,262 | — | #3,249 | #138 |
| 1925 | 1,236 | — | #2,006 | #138 |
| 1924 | 1,111 | — | #2,653 | #149 |
| 1923 | 1,144 | — | #2,719 | #144 |
| 1922 | 1,097 | — | #2,759 | #145 |
| 1921 | 1,103 | — | #3,136 | #144 |
| 1920 | 1,222 | — | #2,451 | #131 |
| 1919 | 1,073 | — | #2,495 | #140 |
| 1918 | 1,120 | — | #2,280 | #139 |
| 1917 | 992 | — | #2,861 | #139 |
| 1916 | 986 | — | #2,233 | #139 |
| 1915 | 883 | — | #2,246 | #142 |
| 1914 | 747 | — | #2,117 | #137 |
| 1913 | 578 | — | #3,655 | #135 |
| 1912 | 548 | — | #1,969 | #124 |
| 1911 | 370 | — | #2,827 | #105 |
| 1910 | 428 | — | — | #82 |
| 1909 | 340 | — | — | #88 |
| 1908 | 340 | — | — | #81 |
| 1907 | 320 | — | #1,799 | #83 |
| 1906 | 304 | — | #1,931 | #80 |
| 1905 | 317 | — | — | #77 |
| 1904 | 318 | — | — | #74 |
| 1903 | 295 | — | — | #73 |
| 1902 | 318 | — | #1,776 | #75 |
| 1901 | 291 | — | — | #67 |
| 1900 | 469 | — | — | #53 |
| 1899 | 288 | — | — | #67 |
| 1898 | 337 | — | — | #64 |
| 1897 | 298 | — | — | #63 |
| 1896 | 339 | — | — | #62 |
| 1895 | 341 | — | #1,578 | #62 |
| 1894 | 343 | — | — | #61 |
| 1893 | 349 | — | — | #60 |
| 1892 | 381 | — | — | #58 |
| 1891 | 318 | — | — | #60 |
| 1890 | 347 | — | — | #59 |
| 1889 | 379 | — | — | #50 |
| 1888 | 416 | — | — | #49 |
| 1887 | 329 | — | — | #52 |
| 1886 | 389 | — | #1,100 | #50 |
| 1885 | 361 | — | — | #48 |
| 1884 | 394 | — | — | #47 |
| 1883 | 392 | — | #918 | #44 |
| 1882 | 390 | — | — | #47 |
| 1881 | 349 | — | — | #43 |
| 1880 | 399 | — | — | #40 |