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Tom

Boy #2647 in 2023

Tom is a boy name of mixed origin.

Meaning of Tom

The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of featured on it.

Popularity of Tom

Popularity, 1880–2023

50 births in 2023

1880 2023

139,643 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1959

5,068 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Girl · English

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.