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How popular is the name Thomas?
Births per year, rank history and how many Thomases are alive today.
Thomas (male) is currently the 26th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 1,543 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 1904, when around 25,300 babies were given the name, the 4th most popular that year. Thomas's popularity is double-peaked: popular in the early 1900s and stronger still at its peak in the 1990s. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 260,000 babies have been named Thomas in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Thomas include Tommy and Tom.
The Thomas you are most likely to meet is around 33 years old. Half of all Thomases born in England and Wales are between 26 and 53, and there are at least 450,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 78% chance that at least one of them will be called Thomas.
How many babies are named Thomas each year?
Where does Thomas rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Thomas most popular?
Thomas peaked in 1904, when around 25,300 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Thomas?
At least 450,000 people named Thomas born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Thomas?
Most living Thomases are between 26 and 53; the most common age is about 33.
Is Thomas becoming more or less popular?
Remarkably steady: it has stayed in the top 100 throughout the records.