Tommy
Top 1000
About Tommy
A surprising number of parents choose to put the nickname Tommy on their son's birth certificate rather than the more traditional Thomas. Perhaps even more surprising is thE fact that Tommy has never been off the United States popularity charts. More recently, however, the name has been trending downward.
Pronounced TAH-mee.
As of October 2026, Tommy ranked #658 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #70 in 1944, Nameberry popularity #544.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #724 | 333 | 173.4 |
| 2015 | #706 | 356 | 185.7 |
| 2016 | #759 | 321 | 169.1 |
| 2017 | #710 | 345 | 186.4 |
| 2018 | #724 | 331 | 182.3 |
| 2019 | #698 | 361 | 201.2 |
| 2020 | #745 | 326 | 188.9 |
| 2021 | #734 | 351 | 200.6 |
| 2022 | #727 | 357 | 204.5 |
| 2023 | #690 | 387 | 226.2 |
| 2024 | #731 | 358 | 207.8 |
| 2025 | #658 | 420 | 245.9 |
World rankings
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Tommy on lists
Famous Tommys
- Tommy Lee Jones
American actor.
- Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger
American fashion designer.
- Tommy Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass)
Greek,American musician.
- Thomas B. Kin "Tommy" Chong
Canadian,American actor/comedian.
- Thomas Alden "Tommy" Page
American singer
- Thomas "Tommy" Davidson
American actor.
- Tommy Dreamer (born Thomas James Laughlin)
American pro wrestler.
- Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas
Canadian politician; 7th Premier of Saskatchewan.
- Tommy George Thompson
American politician; 42nd governor of Wisconsin.
- Thomas Daniel "Tommy" Mottola
American music executive.
- Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey
American trumpeter and bandleader.
- Thomas Alfred "Tommy" Maddox
American NFL player.
- Thomas David "Tommy" Roe
American singer.
- Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda
American baseball manager.
- Tommy Ramone (born Tamás Erdélyi)
Hungarian,American drummer of The Ramones.
- Tommy James (born Thomas Gregory Jackson)
American singer of the Shondells.
- Tommy Steele (born Thomas William Hicks)
English singer.
- Thomas "Tommy" Makem
Irish folk musician.
- Tommy Roland Shaw
American guitarist of band Styx.
- Tommy Rae Skube
step,son of American family vlogger Jessica Skube (Jesssfam on YouTube).
- Tommy Francis White (b. 2013)
son of American actress Michelle Monaghan.
- Tommy Dorfman
American actor.
- Tommy Wiseau
American actor, writer, director, and producer
- Tommy Joel Mecham (b.2018)
son of family vloggers Ellie & Jared Mecham ( Ellie & Jared on YouTube).
- Tommy Stryker Joseph (b. 2024)
Son of singer Tyler Joseph of band Twenty One Pilots
Tommy in pop culture
- Thomas "Tommy" Beresford
detective in Agatha Christie's "Tommy and Tuppence" novels
- Tommy
Morlock in Marvel Comics
- Tommy Dawkins
character on Canadian TV series "Big Wolf on Campus"
- Tommy Garvey
main character on TV's "The Leftovers"
- Tommy Gavin
character in the FX drama "Rescue Me"
- Tommy Oliver
character on TV's "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers"
- Tommy Vercetti
character in video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
- Tommy Williams
main character in book "Generation Dead"
- Tommy Pickles
character on Nickelodeon cartoon "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up!"
- Thomas "Tommy" Merlyn
character on TV's "Arrow"
- Thomas “tommy” Shelby
main character on bbc’s peaky blinders
- Tommy
character in the YouTube series "Minecraft Diaries"
- Tommy
character in the game "Octodad"
- Tommy
character in book/film "Never Let Me Go"
- Thomas "Tommy" Walker
oldest brother on TV's "Brothers and Sisters"
- Tommy Walker
main character in "Tommy," rock opera by The Who
- Tommy Settergren
character in the Pippi Longstocking series
- Tommy Solomon
a main character on TV's "3rd Rock from the Sun"
- Tommy Tomkins
main character of in comic strip "Tailspin Tommy"
- Tommy Turnbull
character on TV series "Robotboy"
- Tommy
character in movie "Asylum"
- Tommy Zelda
character in movie "Crazy on the Outside"
- Tommy Biggs
character in movie "Horse Sense"
- Tommy Bowen
character on TV series "Haven"
- Tommy Ryan
character in film "Titanic"
- Tommy Atkins
term for a common British soldier
- Tommy Fuller Jr.
baby character on TV's "Fuller House"
- Tommy Drosselmayer
character in animated movie "Barbie in the Nutcracker"
- Thomas "Tommy" Kinard
character on TV's "9-1-1"