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Tommy

Tommy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“twin”
Origin
Aramaic
Say it
TOM-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Diminutive of Thomas. Thomas comes via Greek from Aramaic t'oma meaning 'twin'.

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How popular is Tommy?

2024115 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tommy in 2024384

2024 rank#732 boys

Peak year1944

Total US babies since 1880181,214

Tommy is steady now but far below its 1944 peak.

Names like Tommy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Tommietwin · Aramaic
  • Thomastwin · Aramaic
  • Tomastwin · Aramaic
  • Thaddeusheart; courageous · Aramaic
  • Tomtwin · Aramaic
  • Barneyson of consolation · Aramaic
  • Thadheart; courageous · Aramaic
  • Bartson of furrows · Aramaic

Tommy questions

What does the name Tommy mean?

Tommy means "twin". It comes from Aramaic. Diminutive of Thomas. Thomas comes via Greek from Aramaic t'oma meaning 'twin'.

Is Tommy a boy or girl name?

Tommy is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tommy?

384 US babies were named Tommy in 2024. Its peak year was 1944.

How do you pronounce Tommy?

Tommy is usually pronounced TOM-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.