Thomson
Boy
Thomson is a boys' name, meaning “son of Thomas”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Thomson mean?
“son of Thomas”
A British surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Thomson a girl's or a boy's name?
Thomson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thomson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Thomson, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the boys named Thomson in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thomson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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