Tomaz

Boys' name

English equivalent of Thomas

Tomaz has been given to 62 babies in the U.S. since 1994. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1994, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Tomaz, 2003

1 in 634,000

Tomaz over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tomaz: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Thomas

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tomaz means

Tomaz is a English equivalent of Thomas.

Origin, language, and formation

Tomaz is used in Breton.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Thomas.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Breton, Tomaz is pronounced /ˈtɔ.mas/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 62 boys were recorded with the name Tomaz between 1994 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1994; its best national rank was #5,414 in 1994.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tomaz?

Tomaz had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003: 1 in 634,000; 6 of 3,801,425 births
Among boys only: 1 in 329,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2003: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 439,159 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tomaz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2003 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 439,159 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tomaz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tomazs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tomaz was born before 1997 — so the typical Tomaz is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 61.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 62; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 61.3% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Tomaz rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1994 (11)
Years since peak: 31; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,414; 1994

Spellings of Tomaz

Tomaz is not the most common spelling — Thomas is, with 80.5% against Tomaz's <0.01%.

Thomas80.5%2,358,576
Tommy6.1%178,733
Tom4.8%139,756
Omar3.6%106,438
Roman3.6%104,653
Tomas1.0%30,703
Boaz0.12%3,476
Jomar0.07%1,951

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tomaz around the world

Where Tomaz ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2012–2012
#4,805
in 2012
France
1995–2017
#6,827
in 2017

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Tomaz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,414; 1994
Peak year: 1994; 11 that year
First recorded: 1994
Last recorded: 2003
All-time count: 62
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tomaz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tomasi Tomi Tomar Tomio Tomer Tommas Tome Tommye Tomoya Tommi Tomey Tommey Tomoki Toma Tomasz Tomias Tomothy Tomo Tomes Tomme Tommylee Tommaso Tomie Tomohiro

Sibling names for Tomaz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Breonna Austin Darian Rikki Khadijah Lucero Kaylene Jacquelynn

For a brother

Denton Jade Darion Darrius Mackenzie Daquan Dashawn Hernan

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