Jack or Thomas

Thomas is the more popular boy name in Canada, #10 to #11 in 2024. Jack is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #24 to #35 in 2025. Jack is the more popular boy name in the USA, #15 to #39 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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.

Where each place ranks Jack against Thomas, in that place's most recent complete year.JackThomas#1#25#50#100Canada#11 → #10 ↑1England and Wales#24 → #35 ↓11USA#15 → #39 ↓24Alberta#9 → #23 ↓14British Columbia#9 → #21 ↓12Ontario#5 → #24 ↓19Quebec#72 → #5 ↑67
PlaceYear Jack Thomas Ahead
Canada2024#11#10Thomas
England and Wales2025#24#35Jack
USA2024#15#39Jack
Alberta2024#9#23Jack
British Columbia2024#9#21Jack
Ontario2024#5#24Jack
Quebec2024#72#5Thomas

Jack and Thomas in Canada, 2020–2024

Jack climbed from #14 in 2020 to #11 in 2024 in Canada. Thomas climbed from #12 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in Canada. Jack passed Thomas in 2021. Thomas passed Jack in 2022.

Jack and Thomas ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#10 Thomas#11 Jack20202021202220232024

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Jack and Thomas in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Jack slipped from #10 in 2020 to #24 in 2025 in England and Wales. Thomas slipped from #15 in 2020 to #35 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Jack and Thomas ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#24 Jack#35 Thomas202020212022202320242025

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Jack and Thomas in the USA, 2020–2024

Jack climbed from #21 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in the USA. Thomas climbed from #45 in 2020 to #39 in 2024 in the USA.

Jack and Thomas ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#15 Jack#39 Thomas20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

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.