# Thom (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/thom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 844 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 844 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 190, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Thomas.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9 | 4,463 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,180 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,660 |
| 1986 | 9 | 4,813 |
| 1987 | 5 | 8,034 |
| 1988 | 9 | 5,174 |
| 1989 | 5 | 9,107 |
| 1990 | 7 | 7,108 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,766 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,916 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,447 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,860 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,993 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,933 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,881 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 1,498 |
| 2005 | 9 | 1,851 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1,706 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1,749 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |

## People named Thom

- Thom Mayne, American architect (b.1944)
- Thom Barry, American actor
- Thom Mathews, American actor
- Thom Gunn, English poet (1929-2004)
- Thom Fitzgerald, American film director, producer and screenwriter
- Thom Hartmann, American political commentator (born 1951)
- Thom Noble, British film editor
- Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer (born 1957)
- Thom de Graaf, Dutch former politician and jurist
- Thom Gicquel, French badminton player
- Thom Browne, American fashion designer
- Thom Adcox-Hernandez, American voice actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.