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How popular is the name Tom?
Births per year, rank history and how many Toms are alive today.
Tom (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 976th in 2025 with 31 given the name. The name peaked in 1904, when around 1,400 babies were given the name, the 63rd most popular that year. Tom fell out of the published rankings after 1914 and returned in 1994, a classic revival pattern. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 87,000 babies have been named Tom in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Tom include Teo. Tom is also a common short form of Thomas, so many people called Tom are registered under the longer name.
The Tom you are most likely to meet is around 60 years old. Half of all Toms born in England and Wales are between 34 and 70, and there are at least 48,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 15% chance that at least one of them will be called Tom.
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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 Tom most popular?
Tom peaked in 1904, when around 1,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Tom?
At least 48,000 people named Tom born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tom?
Most living Toms are between 34 and 70; the most common age is about 60.
Is Tom becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.