Adam vs Thomas

Thomas is the more popular boy name in Canada, #8 to #15 in 2023. Thomas is the more popular boy name in the United States, #39 to #100 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

AdamThomas#1#25#50#100Canada#15 → #8 ↑7United States#100 → #39 ↑61Alberta#14 → #23 ↓9British Columbia#37 → #21 ↑16Ontario#13 → #24 ↓11Quebec#12 → #5 ↑7
PlaceYear Adam Thomas Ahead
Canada2023#15#8Thomas
United States2024#100#39Thomas
Alberta2024#14#23Adam
British Columbia2024#37#21Thomas
Ontario2024#13#24Adam
Quebec2024#12#5Thomas

Adam and Thomas in Canada, 2020–2023

Adam climbed from #17 in 2020 to #15 in 2023 in Canada. Thomas climbed from #12 in 2020 to #8 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#20#8 Thomas#15 Adam2020202120222023

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Adam and Thomas in the United States, 2020–2024

Adam slipped from #97 in 2020 to #100 in 2024 in the United States. Thomas climbed from #45 in 2020 to #39 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#125#250#39 Thomas#100 Adam20202021202220232024

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How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.