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The name Thomas is of Aramaic origin, and means twin. The table below indicates the number of times the name Thomas 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 Thomas**
Use of the Name Thomas for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
2,201,154	1,111,983	381,171	123,646	57,190	21,207	10,328

The table below indicates the number of times the name Thomas has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. 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 Thomas**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	8	2,535	673	8
1881	9	2,282	536	11
1882	8	2,611	559	12
1883	10	2,316
1884	8	2,572	725	10
1885	10	2,265	790	9
1886	10	2,336	888	8
1887	9	2,151
1888	12	2,452	721	14
1889	12	2,233	796	12
1890	12	2,201
1891	12	1,982	789	13
1892	12	2,412	758	16
1893	12	2,157	766	16
1894	12	2,170
1895	11	2,153	890	14
1896	12	2,090
1897	11	1,983	820	16
1898	10	2,163
1899	11	1,811
1900	11	2,561	963	16
1901	11	1,821	1000	12
1902	11	2,135	901	16
1903	10	1,963
1904	11	2,057	934	16
1905	10	2,137	898	18
1906	10	2,178
1907	11	2,172
1908	10	2,300	845	22
1909	10	2,467
1910	12	2,849
1911	10	3,284	926	23
1912	10	6,080	867	34
1913	10	7,091	900	36
1914	11	8,849	854	48
1915	10	11,508	990	46
1916	10	11,994	992	49
1917	10	12,613	931	56
1918	10	13,942	867	69
1919	10	13,430	875	65
1920	11	14,939	801	82
1921	11	15,292	852	76
1922	11	15,290	904	66
1923	11	15,922	900	67
1924	11	16,538	811	85
1925	11	16,672	844	78
1926	11	16,580	690	112
1927	11	16,979	669	117
1928	11	16,570	590	143
1929	11	16,239	627	121
1930	11	16,986	614	127
1931	10	16,805	715	89
1932	10	16,799	706	93
1933	10	16,467	671	96
1934	9	17,371	868	62
1935	9	17,636	802	72
1936	8	18,317	780	76
1937	9	19,758	856	66
1938	9	21,364	818	75
1939	9	22,140	802	74
1940	8	23,989	755	86
1941	8	26,609	849	74
1942	8	31,104	751	102
1943	8	32,721	815	90
1944	8	31,504	773	98
1945	8	31,819	737	103
1946	8	38,738	796	107
1947	8	44,734	857	105
1948	8	43,656	901	95
1949	8	45,072	893	98
1950	8	45,585	994	85
1951	8	48,093	999	88
1952	8	48,575
1953	8	46,887	933	103
1954	8	47,115
1955	8	45,775
1956	9	44,779
1957	9	44,542	995	110
1958	9	42,007	965	115
1959	9	40,258	935	126
1960	9	39,297	987	119
1961	9	37,478
1962	9	36,508
1963	9	35,476	895	138
1964	9	34,429
1965	9	31,614	985	111
1966	10	28,994	938	118
1967	12	28,227	865	138
1968	12	27,449	939	122
1969	13	27,448
1970	17	26,642	967	132
1971	17	23,121	970	131
1972	20	19,527
1973	19	17,906
1974	20	17,259
1975	20	16,527
1976	23	16,095
1977	22	16,561
1978	23	16,448
1979	26	16,445
1980	25	17,516
1981	26	17,122
1982	23	17,542
1983	24	17,541	988	147
1984	25	17,565
1985	25	17,585
1986	26	17,326
1987	24	18,121
1988	23	18,773
1989	23	18,427
1990	26	18,202
1991	28	16,782
1992	27	15,276
1993	27	14,851
1994	27	14,896
1995	27	14,150
1996	28	13,786
1997	31	12,880
1998	31	12,868
1999	31	12,772
2000	33	12,611
2001	33	12,119
2002	36	11,253
2003	36	10,879
2004	37	10,328
Totals:		2,201,154		5,203

During the last 125 years, parents have used Thomas as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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