TOM is ranked as the 212th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 317,564.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 99.59 people named TOM for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named TOM is 83,592.
The SSA data also shows that TOM is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
TOM is
79.0% White,
3.6% Hispanic origin,
10.7% Black,
4.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name TOM have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name TOM is included in the following name categories:
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
German masculine given name
German Common surname
Common Norwegian masculine given name - SSB Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name TOM
The state with the most people named
TOM is
California where
51,843 people have this name.
Massachusetts is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named TOM, as
244.51 in every 100,000
Massachusettsans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Massachusetts is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Louisiana
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name TOM
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
9,298
72.19
99.5%
Indiana
5,011
75.97
99.1%
Iowa
6,168
198.51
99.5%
Kansas
2,729
93.96
98.5%
Michigan
9,468
95.54
99.7%
Minnesota
9,899
181.4
99.7%
Missouri
1,197
39.96
97.7%
Nebraska
2,234
118.73
98.4%
North Dakota
780
105.48
95.7%
Ohio
7,473
64.45
99.3%
South Dakota
999
117.12
96.4%
Wisconsin
8,582
149.06
99.6%
West States
State stats for the first name TOM
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
940
127.55
96.7%
Arizona
6,989
103.82
99.3%
California
51,843
133.61
99.9%
Colorado
5,349
99.86
99.2%
Hawaii
3,414
240.47
99.8%
Idaho
1,804
110.35
98.2%
Montana
1,522
148.68
98.0%
Nevada
2,274
80.11
98.6%
New Mexico
2,275
109.1
98.4%
Oregon
4,493
113.17
99.1%
Utah
1,524
51.78
97.8%
Washington
12,302
174.22
99.8%
Wyoming
858
146.86
97.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name TOM
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have TOM as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named TOM.
The most popular full name is TOM Smith.
0.52% of all the people named TOM
have this family name.
There are 27799 last
names associated with this first name.