The name Tommy is a diminutive form of Thomas.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Tommy has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Tommy
Use of the Name Tommy for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
169,917
86,454
23,424
8,555
3,933
1,338
669
The table below indicates the number of times the name Tommy has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Tommy first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Tommy
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
699
8
1882
830
7
1883
592
11
1884
964
6
1885
829
7
1886
537
13
1887
407
18
1888
698
10
1889
719
9
1890
532
14
1891
762
8
1892
520
16
1893
478
16
1894
565
14
1895
453
20
1896
517
17
1897
515
16
1898
503
18
1899
414
21
1900
339
42
1901
324
31
1902
355
32
1903
290
44
1904
358
32
1905
335
37
1906
420
28
1907
323
44
1908
289
57
1909
298
59
1910
275
80
1911
322
72
1912
407
91
1913
389
120
1914
346
182
1915
389
192
1916
380
211
1917
341
263
1918
333
296
1919
323
300
1920
309
348
1921
277
402
1922
253
495
1923
254
483
1924
240
570
1925
201
702
1926
192
755
1927
170
881
1928
151
1,059
1929
144
1,163
1930
127
1,384
1931
115
1,535
1932
110
1,609
1933
109
1,627
1934
98
1,939
1935
95
2,023
1936
91
2,111
1937
84
2,325
1938
77
2,667
1939
76
2,623
1940
76
2,829
1941
71
3,088
1942
73
3,548
1943
77
3,593
1944
70
3,687
1945
77
3,426
1946
77
4,137
1947
79
4,568
1948
80
4,202
1949
85
3,853
1950
94
3,427
1951
94
3,563
1952
97
3,521
1953
95
3,442
1954
99
3,416
1955
109
3,156
1956
115
3,109
1957
102
3,672
1958
104
3,824
1959
108
3,759
1960
112
3,683
1961
116
3,391
1962
109
3,414
1963
107
3,494
1964
108
3,206
1965
119
2,723
1966
124
2,461
1967
127
2,368
1968
126
2,359
1969
134
2,251
1970
148
2,221
1971
149
1,990
1972
146
1,776
1973
143
1,725
1974
155
1,579
1975
155
1,550
1976
170
1,391
1977
177
1,337
1978
177
1,317
1979
187
1,274
1980
197
1,258
1981
204
1,211
1982
210
1,171
1983
224
1,004
1984
229
974
1985
237
982
1986
239
962
1987
236
990
1988
250
945
1989
263
958
1990
270
980
1991
289
904
1992
302
884
1993
322
818
1994
316
828
1995
310
853
1996
306
863
1997
280
997
1998
297
951
1999
299
958
2000
307
956
2001
331
841
2002
342
798
2003
390
669
2004
395
669
Totals:
169,917
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Tommy as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Tommy appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 124 times during the last 125 years.