Thom

Boy · recorded 1917–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1948best year

Most popular in 1948.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

081619171943196919952021

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 62 recorded years as a table
Thom, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19178
19255
19359
19366
19378
19388
194111
194214
194311
194411
194512
194615
194715
194816
19499
195010
19519
19528
195312
19547
195510
19568
19575
195814
195911
19608
196115
196211
19639
19648
19658
19669
19679
196814
196910
19707
19717
19728
19738
197411
19754
19764
19774
19787
19807
19818
19825
19835
19846
19855
19865
19873
19885
19892
19903
19934
19944
19993
20133
20163
20193
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Thom isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#12,146
How rare
1 in 349,896 boys
Since 1917
844

Thom was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1948, at 16 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Thom doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.