Tomas

maleAramaic, via Swedish/Norwegian transmission

The Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of Thomas, from the biblical name with Aramaic roots meaning 'twin'.

Origin: Aramaic, via Swedish/Norwegian transmission

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in Norway in 1981. See regions.

Tomas: Recorded since 1945, it reached #53 in 1981, and it stood at #389 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
200times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#53highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Tomas's record

Moved 275 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

TOOM-mahs/ˈtʊm.mas/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Aramaic, via Swedish/Norwegian transmission
Meaning: The Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of Thomas, from the biblical name with Aramaic roots meaning 'twin'.
Pronunciation: TOOM-mahs
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Aramaic, via Swedish/Norwegian transmission

Popularity

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#191
1997	#205
1998	#198
1999	#195
2000	#187
2001	#177
2002	#214
2003	#195
2004	#219
2005	#218
2006	#231
2007	#209
2008	#249
2009	#274
2010	#290
2011	#289
2012	#299
2013	#301
2014	#294
2015	#337
2016	#330
2017	#341
2018	#380
2019	#418
2020	#420
2021	#543
2022	#492
2023	#447
2024	#602
2025	#487

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 79 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #389 among boys in Norway, #487 among boys in England and Wales, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #487 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Tomas appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 79 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 3,222 births with the name.

Tomas across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tomas's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#337 (1945)	#53 (1981)	#389 (2025)	79 of 81	3,222 (1945–2025)	145 (1981)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#181 (1964)	#81 (2009)	#577 (2025)	62 of 62	2,598 (1964–2025)	99 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#191 (1996)	#177 (2001)	#487 (2025)	30 of 30	4,335 (1996–2025)	221 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#160 (1997)	#102 (2009)	#114 (2024)	28 of 28	496 (1997–2024)	31 (2009)

Tomas by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tomas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	20	4 of 10	5
1950s	63	9 of 10	7
1960s	169	10 of 10	17
1970s	746	10 of 10	75
1980sbusiest	1,064	10 of 10	106
1990s	639	10 of 10	64
2000s	317	10 of 10	32
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020s	49	6 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 106 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1981 and 1982, when recorded births fell by 47, from 145 to 98.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Tomas appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 79 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #53, first reached in 1981.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 221 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Tomas was ranked #53 in Norway · Boys in 1981. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Svein#49
Alexander#50
Roger#51
Vidar#52
Ronny#54
Vegard#55
Håkon#56
Odd#57

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tom-Erik · #302, 32y
Toma · #577, 20y
Tomass · #2319, 13y
Tomasz · #45, 70y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mohammad · #53, 81y
Albert · #52, 80y
Klara · #54, 76y
Elsa · #55, 80y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Miriam · #53, 70y
Mohammad · #53, 81y
Rosa · #53, 71y
Aina · #52, 81y

Tomas and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tomas without appearing here.

Tomas moved ahead of

Declan
In 2017 they stood at #179 and #171 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #107 and #319.
Ashley
In 2021 they stood at #543 and #526 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #492 and #699.
Arild
In 2022 they stood at #395 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #308 and #498.
Brian
In 2017 they stood at #179 and #171 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #107 and #283.

Moved ahead of Tomas

Muhammad
In 2017 they stood at #81 and #87 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #401 and #63.
Tyler
In 2017 they stood at #81 and #97 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #401 and #93.
Scott
In 2017 they stood at #81 and #90 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #401 and #96.
Jason
In 2017 they stood at #81 and #114 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #401 and #119.

Moved the opposite way to Tomas

Frode
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Tomas went from #337 to #187 while Frode went from #116 to #551.
Raymond
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Tomas went from #337 to #187 while Raymond went from #265 to #487.
Marcus
Between 1963 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tomas went from #271 to #389 while Marcus went from #399 to #150.
Alexander
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tomas went from #181 to #577 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.

Moved the same way as Tomas

Harry
Between 1945 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Tomas went from #337 to #519 and Harry from #70 to #431.
Adrian
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tomas went from #181 to #577 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alfred
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tomas went from #181 to #577 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tomas went from #181 to #577 and Denis from #21 to #232.

Meaning & Origin

The Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of Thomas, from the biblical name with Aramaic roots meaning 'twin'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Aramaic, via Swedish/Norwegian transmission

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Tomas is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Tomas, between 1945 and 2025, in 79 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	79	#53 in 1981
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	62	#81 in 2009
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#177 in 2001
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#102 in 2009
Scotland	2024	1	#478 in 2024

Its high point came 43 years earlier in Norway (1981) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

TOOM-mahs/ˈtʊm.mas/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Tomas Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Tomas in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Tomas

Tomas at a glance

What stands out in Tomas's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tomas across 4 official records

Tomas by decade in Norway · Boys

Tomas appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Tomas

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Tomas and the names beside it

Tomas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tomas

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Moved the same way as Tomas

Meaning & Origin

Where Tomas is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Tomas Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Tomas at a glance

What stands out in Tomas's record

Tomas across 4 official records

Tomas by decade in Norway · Boys

Tomas appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Tomas

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Tomas and the names beside it

Tomas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tomas

Moved the opposite way to Tomas

Moved the same way as Tomas