Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Tom

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

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

5,068

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

All-time

139,689

Tom once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 5,068 boys were named Tom.

In 2024, only 46 boys were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 139,689 Americans have been named Tom and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

19595,068 boys named Tom

202446 boys named Tom

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