Thomas
Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas, of the approximate Greek transliteration, from Imperial Aramaic: תאמא, romanized: Tawmɑʔ), meaning 'twin'. Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle.
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Meaning & Origin of Thomas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas, of the approximate Greek transliteration, from Imperial Aramaic: תאמא, romanized: Tawmɑʔ), meaning 'twin'. Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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Etymology
The Story of Thomas
American parents first put Thomas on the record books as a baby boy name in 1880, with 2,534 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1952, when 48,650 Thomass were born — ranking #8 that year. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #37 among baby boy names with 6,609 births, holding steady (-3%). In total, more than 2.4M Thomass have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Thomas
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About the name Thomas
Thomas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2.4M births in the dataset. Thomas's peak popularity came in 1952 when it ranked #8. Use the chart and map above to compare Thomas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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