Tommy

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tommy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tommy: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #11 in 1976, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
181times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#11highest recorded position
35groupings it qualifies for
44names it appears alongside

What stands out in Tommy's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 42 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 2,013 births with the name in 2020, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Appears alongside 44 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1997

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2024.

In 2025: #27 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #97 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #268 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #11 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 1999–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #97 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Tommy appears in 7 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 80 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 9,791 births with the name.

Tommy across 7 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.

Tommy'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	#268 (1945)	#11 (1976)	#503 (2024)	80 of 80	9,791 (1945–2024)	450 (1973)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1980)	#21 (2023)	#27 (2025)	43 of 46	2,484 (1980–2025)	214 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#144 (1996)	#22 (2020)	#39 (2024)	29 of 29	25,300 (1996–2024)	2,013 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#11 (2023)	#20 (2024)	22 of 26	833 (1999–2024)	105 (2023)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#84 (2023)	#84 (2023)	#97 (2025)	2 of 3	185 (2023–2025)	95 (2023)
New Zealand · Boys	#67 (2022)	#67 (2022)	#68 (2023)	2 of 2	132 (2022–2023)	71 (2022)
Scotland · Boys	#20 (2024)	#20 (2024)	#20 (2024)	1 of 1	154 (2024–2024)	154 (2024)

Tommy 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 Tommy in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	45	5 of 10	9
1950s	571	10 of 10	57
1960s	1,552	10 of 10	155
1970sbusiest	3,456	10 of 10	346
1980s	2,334	10 of 10	233
1990s	1,378	10 of 10	138
2000s	324	10 of 10	32
2010s	104	10 of 10	10
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 346 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1973 and 1974, when recorded births fell by 91, from 450 to 359.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Tommy appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in Norway in 1976.

Tommy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#39	1,324	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#26	1,629	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#23	1,824	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#24	1,901	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#22	2,013	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#26	1,877	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#50	1,299	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#61	1,036	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#57	1,066	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#60	1,075	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#55	1,120	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#52	1,207	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#55	1,281	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#65	980	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#156	366	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#137	434	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#147	375	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#156	343	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#128	414	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#123	442	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#121	452	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#129	376	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#125	373	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#116	375	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#119	375	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#120	392	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#115	403	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#128	301	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#144	247	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#68	61	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#67	71	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#20	77	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#11	105	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#13	97	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#14	101	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#16	83	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#33	71	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#58	51	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#95	30	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#81	40	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#91	34	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#93	34	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#108	28	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#106	29	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#149	18	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#503	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#490	5	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#430	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#450	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#391	7	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#481	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#434	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#445	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#431	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#336	13	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#351	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#298	16	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#284	16	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#266	18	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#202	26	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#154	42	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#180	31	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#185	32	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#149	42	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#141	46	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#131	55	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#105	68	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#94	74	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#78	97	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#79	102	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#69	121	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#53	153	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#53	159	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#46	189	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#38	214	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#41	201	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#38	215	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#28	253	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#31	222	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#34	210	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#30	222	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#26	231	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#32	208	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#27	249	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#25	267	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#30	257	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#28	248	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#24	267	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#20	311	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#11	399	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#12	389	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#14	359	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#13	450	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#16	399	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#28	334	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#31	300	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#35	291	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#42	239	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#53	177	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#61	149	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#77	106	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#63	138	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#75	107	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#71	115	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#73	112	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#66	118	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#60	133	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#54	142	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#96	73	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#124	47	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#126	45	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#137	36	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#158	30	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#185	21	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#179	22	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#186	22	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#243	12	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#268	10	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#330	7	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#342	6	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#268	10	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#27	178	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#21	202	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#21	214	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	184	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	171	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	154	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#53	131	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	95	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	106	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	110	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	121	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	121	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#78	101	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#80	101	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	89	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	43	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	37	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	38	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	41	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	33	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	27	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	30	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	13	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#183	14	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	16	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	11	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	14	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#20	154	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#20	154	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #11, first reached in 1976.

It held a top-100 place in 57 years, 42 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,013 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, 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.

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.

Tommaso · #322, 29y
Tommie · #319, 31y
Tommy-James · #1085, 14y
Tommy-Jay · #1011, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 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.

Christina · #12, 77y
Kate · #10, 81y
Kenneth · #10, 79y
Marie · #12, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Eirik · #11, 81y
Kristoffer · #11, 80y
Mari · #11, 81y
Mette · #11, 65y

Comparisons involving Tommy

Existing comparison pages where Tommy and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Tommy in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Aksel vs Tommy
Over 80 shared years in Norway · Boys, Aksel rose about as far as Tommy fell — from #174 and #268 in 1945 to #20 and #503 in 2024.
Aksel · Tommy · 80 shared years, 1945–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Daniel vs Tommy
Over 80 shared years in Norway · Boys, Daniel rose about as far as Tommy fell — from #280 and #268 in 1945 to #61 and #503 in 2024.
Daniel · Tommy · 80 shared years, 1945–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Emil vs Tommy
Over 80 shared years in Norway · Boys, Emil rose about as far as Tommy fell — from #271 and #268 in 1945 to #2 and #503 in 2024.
Emil · Tommy · 80 shared years, 1945–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Tommy and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Rory vs Tommy
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Tommy moved into the top 50 at #16 in 2020 as Rory fell out of it to #65, having been #32 the year before.
Rory · Tommy · 22 shared years, 1999–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 Northern Ireland ranking
David vs Tommy
In England and Wales · Boys, Tommy moved into the top 50 at #26 in 2019 as David fell out of it to #56, having been #49 the year before.
David · Tommy · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2019 England and Wales ranking
Dylan vs Tommy
In England and Wales · Boys, Tommy moved into the top 50 at #26 in 2019 as Dylan fell out of it to #54, having been #43 the year before.
Dylan · Tommy · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2019 England and Wales ranking

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Pairs involving Tommy measured in Northern Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Tommy at its highest position.

Jake vs Tommy
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Tommy moved into the top 50 at #33 in 2019 as Jake fell out of it to #56, having been #30 the year before.
Jake · Tommy · 22 shared years, 1999–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2019 Northern Ireland ranking
Jamie vs Tommy
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Tommy moved into the top 50 at #33 in 2019 as Jamie fell out of it to #65, having been #48 the year before.
Jamie · Tommy · 22 shared years, 1999–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2019 Northern Ireland ranking
Luke vs Tommy
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Tommy moved into the top 50 at #33 in 2019 as Luke fell out of it to #63, having been #33 the year before.
Luke · Tommy · 22 shared years, 1999–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2019 Northern Ireland ranking

Northern Ireland overview→

Tommy was ranked #11 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Tommy 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tommy without appearing here.

Tommy moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #378 and #266 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #106 and #403.
Raymond Compare
In 2011 they stood at #293 and #293 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #106 and #346.
Hunter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #378 and #378 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #149 and #375.
Gary Compare
In 2011 they stood at #267 and #173 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #106 and #311.

Moved ahead of Tommy

Ryan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #431 and #507 in Norway · Boys; by 2015 that had become #445 and #249.
James Compare
In 2013 they stood at #336 and #393 in Norway · Boys; by 2014 that had become #431 and #288.
Ben Compare
In 2022 they stood at #430 and #440 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #490 and #355.
Joshua Compare
In 2020 they stood at #391 and #428 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #450 and #323.

Moved the opposite way to Tommy

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 while Aksel went from #174 to #20.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 while Alfred went from #127 to #22.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 while Arthur went from #153 to #81.
Elias Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 while Elias went from #328 to #7.

Moved the same way as Tommy

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 and Anders from #55 to #279.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 and Arne from #6 to #174.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 and Bjørn from #3 to #86.
Brian Compare
Between 1945 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Tommy went from #268 to #503 and Brian from #296 to #441.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in Norway in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tommy

Tommy at a glance

What stands out in Tommy's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tommy across 7 official records

Tommy by decade in Norway · Boys

Tommy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Tommy

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Names published alongside Tommy

Tommy and the names beside it

Tommy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tommy

Moved the opposite way to Tommy

Moved the same way as Tommy

Tommy at a glance

What stands out in Tommy's record

Tommy across 7 official records

Tommy by decade in Norway · Boys

Tommy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Tommy

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Names published alongside Tommy

Tommy and the names beside it

Tommy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tommy

Moved the opposite way to Tommy

Moved the same way as Tommy