Masculine dossier · first seen 1882

Thompson

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Thompson
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1882Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

43.4%

2024

All-time

2,666

Thompson has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 76 boys were named Thompson.

In 2024, only 43 boys were given the name.

Down 43.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,666 Americans have been named Thompson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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