Tom

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tom: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #12 in 1960, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
185times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#12highest recorded position
42groupings it qualifies for
40names it appears alongside

What stands out in Tom's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 51 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 40 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#102
1997	#105
1998	#92
1999	#85
2000	#83
2001	#89
2002	#90
2003	#89
2004	#97
2005	#104
2006	#110
2007	#119
2008	#140
2009	#151
2010	#176
2011	#197
2012	#196
2013	#218
2014	#240
2015	#252
2016	#314
2017	#338
2018	#387
2019	#445
2020	#535
2021	#676
2022	#699
2023	#645
2024	#757

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 every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #48 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #388 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #50 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: #12 among boys in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #388 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Tom appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 16,318 births with the name.

Tom 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.

Tom'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	#50 (1945)	#12 (1960)	#388 (2025)	81 of 81	16,318 (1945–2025)	536 (1960)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1980)	#32 (2018)	#48 (2025)	45 of 46	3,575 (1980–2025)	198 (2018)
England and Wales · Boys	#102 (1996)	#83 (2000)	#757 (2024)	29 of 29	9,822 (1996–2024)	638 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#192 (1997)	#42 (2016)	#60 (2024)	28 of 28	1,064 (1997–2024)	69 (2016)

Tom 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 Tom in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	1,101	5 of 10	220
1950s	3,668	10 of 10	367
1960sbusiest	4,562	10 of 10	456
1970s	3,403	10 of 10	340
1980s	2,041	10 of 10	204
1990s	994	10 of 10	99
2000s	333	10 of 10	33
2010s	149	10 of 10	15
2020s	67	6 of 10	11

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 456 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1945 and 1946, when recorded births rose by 81, from 163 to 244.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Tom 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 6 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #12 in Norway in 1960.

Tom'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	#757	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#645	55	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#699	48	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#676	53	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#535	70	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#445	91	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#387	112	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#338	141	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#314	153	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#252	204	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#240	230	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#218	239	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#196	285	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#197	270	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#176	313	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#151	372	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#140	401	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#119	463	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#110	508	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#104	542	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#97	576	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#89	629	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#90	581	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#89	586	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#83	635	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#85	638	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#92	579	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#105	510	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#102	493	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#99	47	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#60	43	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#42	52	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#71	38	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#70	42	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#62	46	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#67	47	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#51	55	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#64	49	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#42	69	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#72	47	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#80	39	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#65	48	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#70	47	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#78	45	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#95	35	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#93	34	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#89	38	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#76	42	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#81	38	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#97	29	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#82	34	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#81	33	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#95	26	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#92	28	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#112	21	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#112	19	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#388	8	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#303	13	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#295	14	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#321	11	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#349	9	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#293	12	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#388	8	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#267	17	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#267	19	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#271	18	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#273	18	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#268	18	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#227	22	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#264	19	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#186	30	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#207	26	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#198	27	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#192	28	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#184	30	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#156	41	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#162	37	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#131	52	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#162	43	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#151	47	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#103	71	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#96	76	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#102	75	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#81	101	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#70	113	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#77	103	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#67	124	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#63	140	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#60	144	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#56	161	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#52	163	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#47	174	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#43	176	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#32	211	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#32	196	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#39	186	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#26	256	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#27	261	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#29	257	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#24	265	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#22	277	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#19	314	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#20	311	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#18	351	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#18	346	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#14	422	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#21	373	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#21	357	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#21	387	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#16	454	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#21	405	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#15	444	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#16	462	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#20	409	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#19	441	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#16	451	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#15	463	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#14	497	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#12	536	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#13	494	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#15	488	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#14	458	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#17	399	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#21	371	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#22	350	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#27	306	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#33	257	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#29	289	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#32	256	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#33	247	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#35	247	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#41	200	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#37	244	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#50	163	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	111	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	103	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#39	135	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#43	143	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#33	181	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#43	137	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	163	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	198	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	155	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	197	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	192	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	185	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#49	178	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	157	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	126	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	127	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	139	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	113	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	107	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	100	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	80	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	60	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	74	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	61	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	56	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	39	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	29	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	34	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	29	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	25	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	25	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	18	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	16	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 6 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #12, first reached in 1960.

It held a top-100 place in 80 years, 51 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 638 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

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.

Toluwani · #2425, 19y
Toluwanimi · #372, 19y
Tom-Erik · #302, 32y
Toma · #577, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Paula · #15, 81y
Patricia · #7, 80y
Raymond · #17, 81y
Ada · #6, 76y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Christina · #12, 77y
Helge · #12, 81y
Marie · #12, 81y
Pauline · #12, 74y

Comparisons involving Tom

Existing comparison pages where Tom 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 Tom in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Muhammad vs Tom
In 1996 they stood at #108 and #102 in England and Wales · Boys, 6 places apart; by 2024 they were #1 and #757.
Muhammad · Tom · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Rory vs Tom
In 1996 they stood at #93 and #102 in England and Wales · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2024 they were #24 and #757.
Rory · Tom · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Isaac vs Tom
In 1996 they stood at #104 and #102 in England and Wales · Boys, 2 places apart; by 2024 they were #37 and #757.
Isaac · Tom · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Order changes

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

Lucas vs Tom
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Lucas moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2024 as Tom fell out of it to #60, having been #42 the year before.
Lucas · Tom · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Max vs Tom
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Max moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2024 as Tom fell out of it to #60, having been #42 the year before.
Max · Tom · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Archie vs Tom
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Archie moved into the top 50 at #32 in 2017 as Tom fell out of it to #64, having been #42 the year before.
Archie · Tom · 23 shared years, 2002–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2017 Northern Ireland ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Tom measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Tom at its highest position.

Tom vs Håkon
In 1945 they stood at #50 and #49 in Norway · Boys, 1 places apart; by 2025 they were #388 and #37.
Tom · Håkon · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Aksel vs Tom
Aksel and Tom were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #25 and #388.
Aksel · Tom · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anders vs Tom
Anders and Tom were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #293 and #388.
Anders · Tom · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Tom was ranked #12 in Norway · Boys in 1960. 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.

Tom 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 Tom without appearing here.

Tom moved ahead of

Oisin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #50 and #11 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #32 and #247.
Odd Compare
In 2019 they stood at #388 and #311 in Norway · Boys; by 2020 that had become #293 and #470.
Gary Compare
In 2002 they stood at #95 and #82 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #81 and #201.
Jan Compare
In 1987 they stood at #292 and #292 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1988 that had become #207 and #319.

Moved ahead of Tom

Tadhg Compare
In 2020 they stood at #535 and #551 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #676 and #457.
Andreas Compare
In 2023 they stood at #645 and #679 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #757 and #552.
Lachlan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #445 and #454 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #535 and #347.
Brian Compare
In 2020 they stood at #535 and #587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #676 and #501.

Moved the opposite way to Tom

Emil Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 while Emil went from #271 to #2.
Even Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 while Even went from #180 to #42.
Fredrik Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 while Fredrik went from #137 to #82.
Gustav Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 while Gustav went from #154 to #19.

Moved the same way as Tom

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Tom went from #50 to #388 and Dag from #48 to #426.

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 6 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #12 in Norway in 1960. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tom

Tom at a glance

What stands out in Tom's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tom across 4 official records

Tom by decade in Norway · Boys

Tom 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 Tom

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Tom

Tom and the names beside it

Tom moved ahead of

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Tom at a glance

What stands out in Tom's record

Tom across 4 official records

Tom by decade in Norway · Boys

Tom 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 Tom

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Tom

Tom and the names beside it

Tom moved ahead of

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