girls:
216 births since 1929
#5500 (4th percentile)
boys:
613 births since 1973
#3973 (13th percentile)
overall:
829 births since 1929
#6910 (11th percentile)
The name Toma is the #6,910 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 829 recorded births since 1929. This represents the 10.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,973 (13.3% percentile) for all time with 613 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,500 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 216 births since 1929.
Toma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1929 (1929 for girls and 1973 for boys). Birth data for Toma is available in 65 out of the 95 years between 1929 and 2023 (44 years for boys and 26 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 Toma has been given predominantly to boys, with 73.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Toma were boys. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (79.9% girls from 1929 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (93.3% boys from 1974 to 2023).
For boys, Toma reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 12.1% percentile (ranked #574) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 52 births per million (ranked 12.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Toma ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 20.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Toma reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #724) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Toma".
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