# Tomas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tomas/  
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 | 30,730 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30,703 / 27 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,335, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 6 | 4,680 |
| 1930 | 5 | 5,187 |
| 1972 | 6 | 8,206 |
| 1987 | 5 | 13,136 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,613 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 370 | 634 |
| 2012 | 358 | 661 |
| 2013 | 347 | 692 |
| 2014 | 390 | 660 |
| 2015 | 342 | 721 |
| 2016 | 345 | 711 |
| 2017 | 352 | 701 |
| 2018 | 341 | 712 |
| 2019 | 373 | 687 |
| 2020 | 355 | 708 |
| 2021 | 344 | 741 |
| 2022 | 385 | 691 |
| 2023 | 367 | 725 |
| 2024 | 355 | 737 |
| 2025 | 394 | 691 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 154 | 289 |
| 2012 | 152 | 299 |
| 2013 | 148 | 301 |
| 2014 | 156 | 294 |
| 2015 | 139 | 337 |
| 2016 | 144 | 330 |
| 2017 | 140 | 341 |
| 2018 | 115 | 380 |
| 2019 | 100 | 418 |
| 2020 | 97 | 420 |
| 2021 | 71 | 543 |
| 2022 | 79 | 492 |
| 2023 | 89 | 447 |
| 2024 | 63 | 602 |
| 2025 | 79 | 487 |

## People named Tomas

- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher; first Czechoslovak presid
- Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
- Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player (born 1985)
- Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech association football player (born 1978)
- Tomáš Necid, Czech footballer
- Tomáš Souček, Czech association football player (born 1995)
- Tomáš Hübschman, Czech soccer player and soccer representant
- Tomáš Galásek, Czech footballer
- Tomáš Vaclík, Czech association football player
- Tomáš Sivok, Czech footballer (born 1983)
- Tomas Milian, Cuban-born American and Italian actor (1933-2017)
- Tomás Estrada Palma, Cuban politician (1835–1908); President of Cuba (1902–1906)

## 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.
