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How popular is “Thom” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thom” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Thom” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Thom” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Thom” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Thom” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Thom” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thom” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 28 0.000007773 28 -100%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 -100%
1961 33 0.000007967 33 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%

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