# Tommy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tommy/  
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 | /ˈtɑmi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 181,675 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 178,733 / 2,942 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26,463, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Tom + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8 | 11,319 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,726 |
| 2001 | 6 | 15,217 |
| 2002 | 8 | 12,118 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11,268 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,552 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,275 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,698 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,951 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,936 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,260 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,146 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,136 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,161 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 368 | 637 |
| 2012 | 388 | 627 |
| 2013 | 368 | 658 |
| 2014 | 333 | 724 |
| 2015 | 355 | 706 |
| 2016 | 322 | 756 |
| 2017 | 345 | 710 |
| 2018 | 332 | 722 |
| 2019 | 361 | 698 |
| 2020 | 326 | 745 |
| 2021 | 351 | 734 |
| 2022 | 358 | 726 |
| 2023 | 387 | 690 |
| 2024 | 360 | 731 |
| 2025 | 420 | 658 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 980 | 65 |
| 2012 | 1,281 | 55 |
| 2013 | 1,207 | 52 |
| 2014 | 1,120 | 55 |
| 2015 | 1,075 | 60 |
| 2016 | 1,066 | 57 |
| 2017 | 1,036 | 61 |
| 2018 | 1,299 | 50 |
| 2019 | 1,877 | 26 |
| 2020 | 2,013 | 22 |
| 2021 | 1,901 | 24 |
| 2022 | 1,824 | 23 |
| 2023 | 1,629 | 26 |
| 2024 | 1,324 | 39 |
| 2025 | 1,160 | 44 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 湯米 /汤米
- Irish: Tomáisín

## People named Tommy

- Tommy Lee Jones, American actor and film director (born 1946)
- Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (1951–1976)
- Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (born 1960)
- Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist
- Tommy Chong, Canadian actor and comedian
- Tommy Oar, Australian association football player
- Tommy Tuberville, American football coach and politician (born 1954)
- Tommy Flanagan, British actor (1965-)
- Tommy Robinson, British far-right activist and organiser, online influencer and convicted criminal, born 1
- Tommy Morrison, boxer (1969-2013)
- Tommy Paul, American tennis player (born 1997)
- Tommy Aldridge, American drummer

## 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.