first name
TOMMIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,625 people named Tommie, 46.6% reported their origin as Black, 45% as White and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 62.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tommie peaked in 1947, when 989 babies got the name.
At least 52,215 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.
Tommie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #396. The largest share of babies named Tommie, 29.2%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
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 Tommie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tommie has been most common in Mississippi (11×), Alabama (6.3×), and Arkansas (4.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.03×).
42,943 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 Tommie
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tommie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tommie ranks #87,624 of 156,621, with 228 people. See Tommie as a last name
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