Thom

maleStatistical record

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

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

Thom: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #334, reached in 2020.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#334highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2019

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2337
1998	#1055
1999	#1505
2000	#2142
2001	#1202
2002	#1411
2003	#2470
2004	#1498
2005	#1851
2006	#2538
2007	#2435
2008	#1706
2009	#1749
2010	#2199
2011	#1688
2012	#1430
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2015	#3373
2016	#4810
2018	#2693
2019	#3937

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 England and Wales in 23 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

In 2018: #416 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2693 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2020
Highest recorded position: #334 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2013–2020).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #334 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Thom appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 190 births with the name.

Thom across 2 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.

Thom'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1055 (1998)	#3937 (2019)	23 of 24	190 (1996–2019)	17 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2013)	#334 (2020)	#334 (2020)	3 of 8	10 (2013–2020)	4 (2020)

Thom by decade in England and Wales · 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 Thom in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	69	9 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Thom 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #334 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Thom'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2020, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #334, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 17 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.

Thilde · #248, 27y
Thiya · #2411, 10y
Thomas · #1, 81y
Thomas-James · #1367, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Rion · #334, 26y
Farhan · #333, 29y
Jannat · #333, 29y
Jayla · #333, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alby · #334, 29y
Briony · #334, 29y
Rion · #334, 26y
Tariq · #334, 29y

Thom was ranked #334 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Thom 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 Thom without appearing here.

Thom moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #3687.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #3009.
Tayla Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2337 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1055 and #2074.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2470 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1851 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Thom

Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #1745.
Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1819.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3079.

Moved the opposite way to Thom

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 while Albie went from #853 to #45.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 while Alfie went from #119 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 while Alfred went from #218 to #97.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 while Archie went from #192 to #19.

Moved the same way as Thom

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 and Aaron from #33 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 and Alan from #163 to #312.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Thom went from #1591 to #3937 and Alex from #43 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #334 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Thom

Thom at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thom across 2 official records

Thom by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Thom appears in

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Thom across 2 official records

Thom by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Thom and the names beside it

Thom moved ahead of

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