Tommy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TAH-mee · 2 syllables

From Tom + -y.

How popular is Tommy?

Tommy was the #657 name in the US in 2025, given to 455 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1940.

Babies named Tommy in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1940).

Half of US adults named Tommy are older than 63; most are between 26 and 84. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Tommy have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Tommy is pronounced TAH-mee.

Tommy was the #657 name in the US in 2025, given to 455 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1940.

Half of US adults named Tommy are older than 63. Most are between 26 and 84.