Tomas
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Twin
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Tomas
Tomas is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Thomas, itself derived from the Aramaic ta'om, meaning "twin." The name has roots stretching back to the New Testament, where Thomas is one of the twelve apostles — famously remembered for his skepticism, which is how the phrase "doubting Thomas" entered the English language. In the Spanish-speaking world, Tomás (with an accent on the final syllable) has been a thoroughly established given name for centuries, carried across the Atlantic during the colonial era and naturalized throughout Latin America and the Iberian peninsula. The Anglicized spelling Tomas strips the accent but preserves the continental warmth of the original.
As Latino and Hispanic naming traditions have grown increasingly influential in the United States, Tomas has benefited from that cultural current. It occupies a smart middle ground: familiar enough that any English speaker recognizes it immediately as a form of Thomas, yet distinctive enough to signal cultural identity and heritage. The two-syllable, open-vowel ending also gives it a modern feel that blends well with surnames of varied origins.
Tomas first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000, peaked in 2002 at #462, and has maintained a consistent presence ever since. As recently as 2024 it ranked #734 with 355 births that year, demonstrating real staying power — over 10,438 top-1000 births tracked across its entire chart tenure. The variant Tamas offers an alternative spelling rooted in the Hungarian tradition.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Tomas
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Tomas by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2003 with 537 boys named Tomas (boy rank #468 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #691 for boys (394 US births). That's 223 places below its 2003 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Tomas Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Tomas the strongest states are Florida, Connecticut, California.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #393 | 425 |
| 2 | Connecticut | #467 | 24 |
| 3 | California | #500 | 586 |
| 4 | Texas | #505 | 564 |
| 5 | Alabama | #625 | 64 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #630 | 37 |
| 7 | Arizona | #634 | 91 |
| 8 | Oregon | #637 | 17 |
| 9 | Kansas | #639 | 21 |
| 10 | Washington | #661 | 93 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #928 | 25 |
| 2 | Tennessee | #873 | 35 |
| 3 | Virginia | #864 | 30 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #832 | 31 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #814 | 44 |
| 6 | Georgia | #768 | 74 |
| 7 | Utah | #738 | 16 |
| 8 | Illinois | #737 | 121 |
| 9 | New York | #711 | 184 |
| 10 | Colorado | #690 | 53 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Tomas in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamas | Twin | Male | Hebrew |
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