Tomas vs Tønnes
Tomas and Tønnescompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2025, Tomas was ranked #389 and Tønnes #444 among boys in Norway.
Tomas and Tønnes over time
Tomas and Tønnes appear together in 1 published list, across 16 years of shared records. Tomas held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Tønnes in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Tønnes reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Tomas in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Tomas and Tønnes changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 2025, ending at #389 and #444.
List by list
Norway · Boys16 shared years, 1945–2025
Tomas held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Tønnes in 3.
Highest recorded here: Tomas #79 in 1988, Tønnes #338 in 1945.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Tomas #389, Tønnes #444.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Tomas | Tønnes |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | The Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of Thomas, from the biblical name with Aramaic roots meaning 'twin'. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Aramaic, via Swedish/Norwegian transmission | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtʊm.mas/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #389 (2025) | Norway · Boys #444 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Tomas has a recorded origin (Aramaic, via Swedish/Norwegian transmission); Tønnes does not have one recorded yet.
- Tomas has 2 syllables, compared with 1 for Tønnes.
- A meaning is recorded for Tomas; Tønnes doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Tomas
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #337 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #53 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #389 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Tønnes
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #338 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #338 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #444 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys