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Tom

Pronounced /tɑm/

Rank in 2024
#2,784
Born in 2024
46
Peak year
1959 · #82
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 46 boys were named Tom, about 1 in every 37,289.
  • It peaked in 1959 with 5,068 babies, ranked #82.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 139,689 boys have been named Tom since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Tom per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.2
    Greatest
  2. 1.7
    Silent
  3. 1.5
    Boomers
  4. 0.5
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 19,795 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Silent: 35,368 babies, 1.71 per 1,000. Boomers: 58,058 babies, 1.55 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,513 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,831 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,716 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 818 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Thomme. Hypocorism of Thomas. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Thomas Jefferson featured on it. ==== Proper noun ==== Tom (plural Toms) A diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name. A nickname for a common man. [since 1377] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Tokelauan: Toma ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Tom (plural Toms) (uncommon) Ellipsis of Uncle Tom. (US, numismatic slang, rare) A United States two-dollar bill.

  • A diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Tom, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Tim

    Rank
    #2,503
    Born '24
    54
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19602024