first name
TOMMY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 101,695 people named Tommy, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Black and 8.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tommy peaked in 1947, when 4,649 babies got the name.
At least 181,675 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.
Tommy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #160. The largest share of babies named Tommy, 38.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Tommy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tommy has been most common in Arkansas (3.7×), Oklahoma (3.6×), and Mississippi (3.3×), and least common in Maine (0.07×).
175,299 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 Tommy
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tommy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tommy ranks #48,712 of 156,621, with 468 people. See Tommy as a last name
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