Mostly boys · peaked in 1909
Tommie name popularity since 1925
41,595 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tommie (32.6% girls, 67.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1949 or earlier, so the typical Tommie is about 77 years old in 2026. Tommie peaked in 1909 as the #195 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 41,595
- Named Tommie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1909
- #195 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,504 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 67.4% boys
- 13,562 girls · 28,033 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 11.81× its national share
Peak year is the year Tommie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tommie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Tommie peaked earlier, in 1909.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tommie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,663 | 2,416 | – |
| 1930s | 3,163 | 5,024 | #232 |
| 1940s | 3,107 | 5,957 | #224 |
| 1950s | 2,049 | 5,258 | #328 |
| 1960s | 1,191 | 3,375 | #427 |
| 1970s | 806 | 2,125 | #583 |
| 1980s | 448 | 1,562 | #729 |
| 1990s | 300 | 1,020 | #1,306 |
| 2000s | 271 | 662 | #1,740 |
| 2010s | 247 | 448 | #2,807 |
| 2020–25 | 317 | 186 | #3,504 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.6% of babies named Tommie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Tommie is most popular
The index compares Tommie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tommie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 11.81× | 5,102 |
| Alabama | 6.26× | 3,950 |
| Arkansas | 4.40× | 1,614 |
| Georgia | 3.69× | 3,640 |
| Oklahoma | 2.60× | 1,207 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tommie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tommie (this page) | 28,033 | 1909 |
| Tommy | 173,980 | 1944 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tommie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tommie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tommie (1909).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data