Tomas
Boy · TOM-as · Aramaic
Big in Northern Ireland
Tomas is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin”. In 2025 it ranked 441st for boys in the UK (100 babies) and 691st for boys in the US (394 babies).
What does Tomas mean?
Aramaic: form of Thomas in several European languages
“twin”
The form of Thomas used in Lithuanian and the Scandinavian languages; Spanish and Irish write it Tomás.
- Say it
- TOM-as
Is Tomas a girl's or a boy's name?
Tomas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 100 boys in the UK and 394 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tomas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #441among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 100about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 100 boys in the UK were named Tomas, making it the 441st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 412th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 249 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tomas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. 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 Tomas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #26, up from #441 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 487th in England and Wales, 647th in Scotland and 138th in Northern Ireland.
Tomas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #441 |
| 2024 | 89 | #498 |
| 2023 | 113 | #401 |
| 2022 | 101 | #449 |
| 2021 | 102 | #460 |
| 2020 | 115 | #412 |
| 2019 | 125 | #391 |
| 2018 | 142 | #359 |
| 2017 | 158 | #347 |
| 2016 | 171 | #323 |
| 2015 | 164 | #323 |
| 2014 | 187 | #290 |
| 2013 | 174 | #290 |
| 2012 | 186 | #283 |
| 2011 | 177 | #292 |
| 2010 | 182 | #288 |
| 2009 | 199 | #250 |
| 2008 | 196 | #251 |
| 2007 | 249 | #211 |
| 2006 | 194 | #231 |
| 2005 | 191 | #217 |
| 2004 | 188 | #218 |
| 2003 | 212 | #196 |
| 2002 | 181 | #203 |
| 2001 | 213 | #183 |
| 2000 | 193 | #192 |
| 1999 | 181 | #201 |
| 1998 | 175 | #208 |
| 1997 | 175 | #206 |
| 1996 | 172 | #207 |
How popular is Tomas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #691among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 394about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 394 boys in the US were named Tomas, making it the 691st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 537 boys.
2025 had more boys named Tomas than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Tomas in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,311 boys in the US were given Tomas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #34, up from #691 for this spelling alone.
- Thomas 6,917
- Tomas 394
Tomas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 394 | #691 |
| 2024 | 355 | #735 |
| 2023 | 367 | #723 |
| 2022 | 385 | #690 |
| 2021 | 344 | #741 |
| 2020 | 355 | #707 |
| 2019 | 373 | #687 |
| 2018 | 341 | #712 |
| 2017 | 352 | #700 |
| 2016 | 345 | #708 |
| 2015 | 342 | #720 |
| 2014 | 390 | #659 |
| 2013 | 347 | #692 |
| 2012 | 358 | #661 |
| 2011 | 370 | #632 |
| 2010 | 385 | #630 |
| 2009 | 461 | #573 |
| 2008 | 475 | #555 |
| 2007 | 489 | #527 |
| 2006 | 535 | #487 |
| 2005 | 509 | #488 |
| 2004 | 515 | #482 |
| 2003 | 537 | #468 |
| 2002 | 523 | #462 |
| 2001 | 492 | #479 |
| 2000 | 494 | #475 |
| 1999 | 453 | #489 |
| 1998 | 495 | #453 |
| 1997 | 456 | #473 |
| 1996 | 510 | #439 |
| 1995 | 464 | #472 |
| 1994 | 462 | #470 |
| 1993 | 421 | #494 |
| 1992 | 435 | #483 |
| 1991 | 426 | #477 |
| 1990 | 393 | #489 |
| 1989 | 368 | #499 |
| 1988 | 353 | #490 |
| 1987 | 315 | #504 |
| 1986 | 330 | #479 |
| 1985 | 325 | #482 |
| 1984 | 339 | #454 |
| 1983 | 297 | #489 |
| 1982 | 301 | #490 |
| 1981 | 332 | #456 |
| 1980 | 359 | #434 |
| 1979 | 263 | #520 |
| 1978 | 269 | #494 |
| 1977 | 281 | #482 |
| 1976 | 285 | #464 |
| 1975 | 264 | #490 |
| 1974 | 266 | #492 |
| 1973 | 250 | #492 |
| 1972 | 254 | #495 |
| 1971 | 232 | #528 |
| 1970 | 250 | #509 |
| 1969 | 208 | #543 |
| 1968 | 226 | #502 |
| 1967 | 202 | #525 |
| 1966 | 220 | #510 |
| 1965 | 192 | #554 |
| 1964 | 196 | #564 |
| 1963 | 200 | #560 |
| 1962 | 225 | #533 |
| 1961 | 199 | #555 |
| 1960 | 203 | #554 |
| 1959 | 194 | #556 |
| 1958 | 212 | #529 |
| 1957 | 199 | #546 |
| 1956 | 184 | #559 |
| 1955 | 194 | #525 |
| 1954 | 171 | #557 |
| 1953 | 188 | #514 |
| 1952 | 207 | #488 |
| 1951 | 174 | #516 |
| 1950 | 175 | #505 |
| 1949 | 199 | #465 |
| 1948 | 174 | #498 |
| 1947 | 188 | #490 |
| 1946 | 173 | #487 |
| 1945 | 163 | #465 |
| 1944 | 146 | #502 |
| 1943 | 157 | #494 |
| 1942 | 142 | #512 |
| 1941 | 147 | #482 |
| 1940 | 111 | #562 |
| 1939 | 110 | #547 |
| 1938 | 154 | #467 |
| 1937 | 123 | #521 |
| 1936 | 144 | #469 |
| 1935 | 135 | #490 |
| 1934 | 145 | #469 |
| 1933 | 119 | #519 |
| 1932 | 130 | #504 |
| 1931 | 114 | #548 |
| 1930 | 157 | #473 |
| 1929 | 139 | #497 |
| 1928 | 159 | #484 |
| 1927 | 158 | #481 |
| 1926 | 149 | #491 |
| 1925 | 147 | #502 |
| 1924 | 143 | #527 |
| 1923 | 159 | #482 |
| 1922 | 141 | #520 |
| 1921 | 121 | #574 |
| 1920 | 114 | #583 |
| 1919 | 93 | #628 |
| 1918 | 89 | #651 |
| 1917 | 69 | #749 |
| 1916 | 78 | #671 |
| 1915 | 63 | #757 |
| 1914 | 62 | #642 |
| 1913 | 50 | #629 |
| 1912 | 55 | #539 |
| 1911 | 20 | #707 |
| 1910 | 43 | #407 |
| 1909 | 27 | #496 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 29 | #429 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 19 | #490 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 16 | #623 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 20 | #397 |
| 1885 | 17 | #439 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
Nicknames for Tomas
- Tom 68 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tomas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Tomas
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