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Tommy

Gender
Boy
Say it
TOM-ee
Origin
Aramaic
UK rank, 2025
#42 for boys
US rank, 2025
#657 for boys

Tommy is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin”. In 2025 it ranked 42nd for boys in the UK (1,381 babies) and 657th for boys in the US (420 babies).

What does Tommy mean?

Aramaic: pet form of Thomas

“twin”

A pet form of Thomas; Tommy Atkins was a traditional nickname for the British private soldier, hence the Tommies of the First World War.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Tommy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,381 boys in the UK and 35 girls and 420 boys in the US.

How popular is Tommy in the UK?

Rank in 2025
42nd among boys
Babies in 2025
1,381 about 1 in 220 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 16% in five years
Same name in a class
6.3% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,381 boys in the UK were named Tommy, making it the 42nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 23rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 2,244 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Tommy than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Tommy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,446 boys in the UK were given Tommy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #37, up from #42 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 44th in England and Wales, 26th in Scotland and 14th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#55) and 2024 (#39).

1996Busiest: 2,244 in 20202025
Tommy in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,381#42
20241,555#36
20231,883#23
20222,080#23
20212,131#25
20202,244#23
20192,061#28
20181,418#49
20171,109#64
20161,149#62
20151,135#65
20141,187#60
20131,271#55
20121,353#59
20111,039#70
2010384#164
2009448#143
2008393#158
2007357#166
2006422#141
2005463#134
2004472#130
2003389#141
2002382#137
2001390#131
2000395#128
1999403#127
1998416#125
1997315#139
1996255#151

How popular is Tommy in the US?

Rank in 2025
657th among boys
Babies in 2025
420 about 1 in 4,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 420 boys in the US were named Tommy, making it the 657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 744th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 4,594 boys. 35 girls were also named Tommy in 2025 (4,066th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Tommy than any year since 2010.

Half of all the boys named Tommy in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 458 boys in the US were given Tommy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #590, up from #657 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 4,594 in 19472025
Tommy in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025420#657
2024360#731
2023387#689
2022358#726
2021351#732
2020326#744
2019361#698
2018332#721
2017345#710
2016322#754
2015355#706
2014333#723
2013368#658
2012388#625
2011368#636
2010420#595
2009471#560
2008525#517
2007543#488
2006586#461
2005626#426
2004686#393
2003670#390
2002801#343
2001842#331
2000959#307
1999959#298
1998951#298
1997995#280
1996862#308
1995852#311
1994831#316
1993820#322
1992884#302
1991903#289
1990981#270
1989958#263
1988946#250
1987987#239
1986965#239
1985981#237
1984975#230
19831,007#224
19821,171#210
19811,213#204
19801,259#197
19791,278#187
19781,321#177
19771,332#177
19761,393#170
19751,554#156
19741,579#155
19731,731#143
19721,773#146
19711,994#148
19702,220#148
19692,249#134
19682,369#124
19672,356#127
19662,465#124
19652,719#119
19643,205#108
19633,498#107
19623,415#109
19613,406#116
19603,683#112
19593,772#108
19583,833#104
19573,679#102
19563,109#115
19553,177#108
19543,407#100
19533,469#95
19523,512#97
19513,582#94
19503,434#94
19493,886#84
19484,220#79
19474,594#79
19464,144#77
19453,449#75
19443,696#70
19433,611#77
19423,532#73
19413,087#71
19402,827#76
19392,622#77
19382,667#77
19372,326#84
19362,108#91
19352,032#95
19341,937#98
19331,630#109
19321,613#109
19311,536#115
19301,386#127
19291,164#144
19281,062#151
1927878#170
1926751#192
1925705#201
1924568#240
1923479#255
1922498#252
1921400#277
1920344#309
1919298#325
1918297#332
1917262#341
1916210#381
1915193#387
1914181#346
1913120#387
191291#404
191171#322
191082#270
190959#296
190857#287
190744#322
190628#411
190537#329
190432#354
190344#282
190232#348
190131#318
190042#330
189921#402
189818#485
189715#515
189617#500
189520#437
189414#543
189316#459
189216#497
18918#699
189014#511
18899#673
188810#648
188718#392
188613#512
18857#765
18846#848
188311#556
18827#754
18818#653
18805#909

Nicknames for Tommy

Names like Tommy

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

Teddy, Bobby, Sonny, Frankie, Ronnie, Freddie, Reggie, Toby, Louie, Rory, Theodore, Thomas

Other spellings of Tommy

Tommie, Tomi, Tommi

Names related to Tommy

Tom, Timmy, Tomy

More Aramaic names

Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Thaddeus, Tomos, Marta, Saphira, Tommaso, Barnabas, Talitha, Safira, Tadeusz, Tavish

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, “Tommy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tommy, updated 20 October 2026.