Toma
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOH-muh
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Toma is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Toma mean?
Aramaic: Romanian, Bulgarian and Serbian form of Thomas; also a separate Japanese name
“twin”
Toma is the form of Thomas in several Eastern European languages; Japanese Toma is an unrelated name.
Is Toma a girl's or a boy's name?
Toma is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Toma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Toma, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Toma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Toma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Toma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Toma, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had more boys named Toma than any year since 1975.
Half of all the boys named Toma in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1975, 18% of the babies named Toma in the US were girls.
Toma in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 84 | #882 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,238 |
Names like Toma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Araoluwa Ireoluwa Obaloluwa Ifeoluwa Chukwuebuka Enioluwa Inioluwa Oluwatobiloba Tobechukwu Obi Achim Kamsiyochukwu
Names related to Toma
More Aramaic names
Thomas Tommy Martha Barnaby Barney Tabitha Tomas Tadeo Thaddeus Tomos Marta Tommie Saphira Tommaso Barnabas Talitha
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, “Toma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toma, updated 20 October 2026.