Thompson

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Thompson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 742nd, in 1887.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 430.00% of boys
Peak year: 201876 births
Best rank: #742in 1887
Since 1882: 2,666people given the name

Babies named Thompson, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

2,666 boys have been named Thompson in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 76 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 2010s alone account for 18%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Thompson
1880s	13
1890s	39
1900s	24
1910s	168
1920s	207
1930s	158
1940s	205
1950s	197
1960s	136
1970s	119
1980s	161
1990s	240
2000s	290
2010s	469
2020s	240

In 2018, its biggest year

Thompson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Thompson

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.