Thomas
Thomas holds the #34 spot in the 2025 national count, keeping its place without fuss. Its high-water mark came in 1952, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
What Thomas carries
Thomas · Aramaic
“twin”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Thomas’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Thomas, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Thomas since 1880
Thomas peaked in 1952 at #8; #34 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Thomas is most common
Thomas is most common in Vermont: 1.32% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Wyoming (1.1%) and District of Columbia (1.03%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Thomas
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
David
#35 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joseph
#29 in 2025 · Hebrew
Charles
#48 in 2025 · Teutonic
Michael
#21 in 2025 · Hebrew
Maria
#87 in 2025
Robert
#92 in 2025 · Teutonic
Vincent
#107 in 2025 · Latin
William
#9 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Thomas
How popular is the name Thomas?
Thomas holds the #34 spot in the 2025 national count, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Thomas mean?
“twin” is the meaning our source sets down, of Aramaic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Thomas?
By our fixed recipe the closest are David, Joseph and Charles, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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