girls:
13 births since 2017
#5703 (0th percentile)
boys:
2.6k births since 1882
#2461 (46th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1882
#5228 (32nd percentile)
The name Thompson is the #5,228 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,636 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 32.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,461 (46.3% percentile) for all time with 2,623 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #5,703 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 2017.
Thompson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Thompson is available in 126 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (126 years for boys and 2 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Thompson has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Thompson reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #842) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 73 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Thompson ranks #882 for boys (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 25.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Thompson reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #955) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thompson".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Thompson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.1% confident that Thompson is pronounced as TAHMP-suhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAHM-suhn, at 13.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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