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How popular is the name Thompson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Thompsons are alive today.
Thompson (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 4812th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2000, when 3 babies were given the name, the 3036th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 3 babies given the name that year.
The Thompson you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Thompsons born in England and Wales are between 9 and 27, and there are at least 74 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Thompson - on average, only one in every 4,095 such rooms contains a Thompson.
How many babies are named Thompson each year?
Where does Thompson 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 Thompson most popular?
Thompson peaked in 2000, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Thompson?
At least 74 people named Thompson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Thompson?
Most living Thompsons are between 9 and 27; the most common age is about 9.
Is Thompson becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.