first name
TOMAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,589 people named Tomas, 80.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% as White and 2.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tomas peaked in 2003, when 537 babies got the name.
At least 30,730 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Tomas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #995. The largest share of babies named Tomas, 24.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tomas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tomas has been most common in New Mexico (6.7×), Texas (4.5×), and Arizona (2.6×), and least common in Missouri (0.05×).
25,491 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Tomas
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tomas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tomas ranks #4,143 of 156,621, with 8,301 people. See Tomas as a last name
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