Tomas

“Variant of Thomas — Twin” — Aramaic origin

Boy's name · #691 in the US (2025) · Trending

Tomas is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #691 in 2025, with about 390 boys given the name last year. Roughly 31,000 have carried it all-time. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #5 in Portugal (2023) · #6 in Slovakia (2025) · #12 in Czechia (2025) · #18 in Argentina (2024) · #96 in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Tomases

Tomas Tranströmer — Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk — Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher; first Czechoslovak president (1850–1937)
Tomas Lindahl — Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist
Tomás Luis de Victoria — Spanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)
Tomáš Rosický — Czech footballer

In stories & tradition

Tomas — The Riftwar Saga
Tomás Manrique — character
Tomás Fritzenwalden — fictional human

What Tomases become

Among 5,833 notable people named Tomas:

Medical professionals appear 1.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tomáš Julínek, Czech minister of health of the CR, senator of Czech Parliament and doctor.

Similar names: Tommy · Sterling · Toby · Valentin · Moses · Felix

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