Thomas

girls:

8.5k births since 1880

#1767 (69th percentile)

boys:

2.3M births since 1880

#10 (100th percentile)

overall:

2.4M births since 1880

#11 (100th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thomas".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
8,499
Peak Births
147
Peak Year
1928
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
22.1%
Current Percentile
0.2%
Peak Rank
#210
Current Rank
#945
Female statistics
Total Births
2,344,940
Peak Births
48,647
Peak Year
1955
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
98.9%
Current Percentile
95.7%
Peak Rank
#8
Current Rank
#40
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Thomas

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Thomas. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.2% confident that Thomas is pronounced as TAH-muhs. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-muh-sihz, at 12.8% confidence.

TAH-muhs (2 syllables)
Verified
87.2% confidence
T AA1 M AH0 S
TAH-muh-sihz (3 syllables)
Verified
12.8% confidence
T AA1 M AH0 S IH0 Z

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Thomas. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Thomas, please vote using the thumbs up button.

TOH-muhs (2 syllables)
5 names 30.9k births
T OW1 M AH0 S
TOH-mahs (2 syllables)
1 name 30k births
T OW1 M AA0 S

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like T AA1 M AH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.