Tommy-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOM-ee-JAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
Tommy-Jay is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “twin + jay (bird or letter J)”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Tommy-Jay mean?
Modern: blend of Tommy and Jay
“twin + jay (bird or letter J)”
Combines Tommy, the pet form of Thomas, with Jay, a name taken from the bird or from the initial J.
Is Tommy-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Tommy-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tommy-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Tommy-Jay, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Tommy-Jay than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Tommy-Jay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Tommy-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
Nicknames for Tommy-Jay
Names like Tommy-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tommy Theodore Teddy Tobias Theo Elijah Henry Elias Oakley Zachary Arthur Jax
Names related to Tommy-Jay
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). 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-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tommy-jay, updated 20 October 2026.