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Thomas

Gender
Boy
Say it
TOM-as
Origin
Aramaic
UK rank, 2025
#28 for boys
US rank, 2025
#34 for boys
Style
Timeless

Thomas is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin”. In 2025 it ranked 28th for boys in the UK (1,573 babies) and 34th for boys in the US (6,917 babies).

What does Thomas mean?

Aramaic: via Greek

“twin”

The apostle Thomas, also called Didymus, Greek for twin, is remembered as Doubting Thomas.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Thomas a girl's or a boy's name?

Thomas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,573 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 6,917 boys in the US.

How popular is Thomas in the UK?

Rank in 2025
28th among boys
Babies in 2025
1,573 about 1 in 190 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 44% in five years
Same name in a class
7.1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,573 boys in the UK were named Thomas, making it the 28th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 14th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10,013 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Thomas since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Thomas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 1,722 boys in the UK were given Thomas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #26, up from #28 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 35th in England and Wales, 21st in Scotland and 18th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#4), 1914 (#4), 1924 (#5), 1934 (#12), 1944 (#19), 1954 (#24), 1964 (#34), 1974 (#40), 1984 (#11), 1994 (#1), 2004 (#3), 2014 (#6) and 2024 (#26).

1996Busiest: 10,013 in 19972025
Thomas in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,573#28
20241,793#24
20232,153#19
20222,391#18
20212,604#17
20202,963#14
20193,315#12
20183,636#12
20173,633#13
20164,240#9
20154,472#9
20144,780#7
20134,977#6
20125,299#7
20115,770#6
20105,726#6
20095,982#4
20086,525#3
20077,005#2
20067,089#2
20057,252#3
20047,757#3
20037,642#3
20027,902#3
20018,833#2
20009,137#2
19999,925#2
19989,975#3
199710,013#3
19969,934#4

How popular is Thomas in the US?

Rank in 2025
34th among boys
Babies in 2025
6,917 about 1 in 250 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 1% in five years
Same name in a class
5.5% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6,917 boys in the US were named Thomas, making it the 34th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 45th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 48,647 boys. 7 girls were also named Thomas in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Thomas than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Thomas in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 7,311 boys in the US were given Thomas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #34.

1880Busiest: 48,647 in 19522025
Thomas in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256,917#34
20246,596#39
20236,625#41
20226,512#45
20216,680#46
20206,452#45
20196,667#47
20186,840#49
20177,187#49
20167,367#48
20157,204#50
20147,043#54
20136,799#61
20126,855#63
20116,929#63
20107,136#62
20097,728#57
20088,370#52
20078,935#52
20069,514#51
200510,041#40
200410,504#37
200310,935#36
200211,293#36
200112,148#33
200012,638#33
199912,795#31
199812,889#31
199712,899#31
199613,804#28
199514,163#27
199414,910#27
199314,868#27
199215,290#27
199116,789#28
199018,231#26
198918,439#23
198818,806#23
198718,139#24
198617,362#26
198517,609#25
198417,596#25
198317,565#24
198217,578#23
198117,159#26
198017,564#25
197916,454#26
197816,481#23
197716,586#22
197616,122#23
197516,532#20
197417,268#20
197317,921#19
197219,557#20
197123,149#17
197026,669#17
196927,465#13
196827,420#12
196728,247#12
196629,003#10
196531,595#9
196434,463#9
196335,490#9
196236,529#9
196137,565#9
196039,278#9
195940,296#9
195842,088#9
195744,625#9
195644,836#9
195545,855#8
195447,159#8
195347,008#8
195248,647#8
195148,275#8
195045,596#8
194945,192#8
194843,780#8
194744,842#8
194638,877#8
194531,874#8
194431,604#8
194332,874#8
194231,100#8
194126,641#8
194023,991#8
193922,129#9
193821,381#9
193719,772#9
193618,342#8
193517,684#9
193417,373#9
193316,508#10
193216,834#10
193116,847#10
193017,008#11
192916,272#11
192816,582#11
192717,027#11
192616,592#11
192516,688#11
192416,555#11
192315,886#12
192215,261#11
192115,308#11
192014,936#11
191913,434#10
191813,910#10
191712,611#10
191611,998#10
191511,490#10
19148,850#11
19137,096#10
19126,087#10
19113,292#10
19102,851#12
19092,468#10
19082,301#10
19072,174#11
19062,176#10
19052,135#10
19042,057#11
19031,962#10
19022,134#11
19011,820#11
19002,556#11
18991,811#11
18982,161#10
18971,980#11
18962,088#12
18952,153#11
18942,170#12
18932,157#12
18922,413#12
18911,982#12
18902,200#12
18892,233#12
18882,449#12
18872,151#9
18862,337#10
18852,266#10
18842,572#8
18832,316#10
18822,610#8
18812,282#9
18802,534#8

Nicknames for Thomas

Names like Thomas

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

James, William, Joseph, Harry, Charles, Edward, David, Robert, Jack, Lewis, Michael, Daniel

Other spellings of Thomas

Tomas, Tomos

Names related to Thomas

Tommaso, Tomasz, Tomass, Toms

More Aramaic names

Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Barnabas, Talitha, Tommi, Safira

Every Aramaic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Thomas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thomas, updated 20 October 2026.