Jacob or Thomas

Thomas is the more popular boy name in Canada, #10 to #19 in 2024. Thomas is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #35 to #41 in 2025. Thomas is the more popular boy name in the USA, #39 to #41 in 2024.

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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 Jacob against Thomas, in that place's most recent complete year.JacobThomas#1#25#50#100Canada#19 → #10 ↑9England and Wales#41 → #35 ↑6USA#41 → #39 ↑2Alberta#31 → #23 ↑8British Columbia#55 → #21 ↑34Ontario#23 → #24 ↓1Quebec#11 → #5 ↑6
PlaceYear Jacob Thomas Ahead
Canada2024#19#10Thomas
England and Wales2025#41#35Thomas
USA2024#41#39Thomas
Alberta2024#31#23Thomas
British Columbia2024#55#21Thomas
Ontario2024#23#24Jacob
Quebec2024#11#5Thomas

Jacob and Thomas in Canada, 2020–2024

Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in Canada. Thomas climbed from #12 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in Canada. Thomas passed Jacob in 2021.

Jacob and Thomas ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#10 Thomas#19 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Jacob and Thomas in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Jacob slipped from #19 in 2020 to #41 in 2025 in England and Wales. Thomas slipped from #15 in 2020 to #35 in 2025 in England and Wales. Jacob passed Thomas in 2021. Thomas passed Jacob in 2022.

Jacob and Thomas ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#35 Thomas#41 Jacob202020212022202320242025

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Jacob and Thomas in the USA, 2020–2024

Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA. Thomas climbed from #45 in 2020 to #39 in 2024 in the USA. Thomas passed Jacob in 2024.

Jacob and Thomas ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#39 Thomas#41 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Jacob
Adam or JacobArthur or JacobBenjamin or JacobCharles or JacobEdouard or JacobEmile or JacobEthan or JacobHenry or JacobJack or JacobJacob or JamesJacob or JulesJacob or LaurentJacob or LeoJacob or LeviJacob or LiamJacob or LoganJacob or LouisJacob or LucasJacob or NathanJacob or NoahJacob or OliverJacob or RaphaelJacob or TheoJacob or TheodoreJacob or William
More head-to-heads with Thomas
Adam or ThomasArthur or ThomasBenjamin or ThomasCharles or ThomasEdouard or ThomasEmile or ThomasEthan or ThomasHenry or ThomasJack or ThomasJames or ThomasJules or ThomasLaurent or ThomasLeo or ThomasLevi or ThomasLiam or ThomasLogan or ThomasLouis or ThomasLucas or ThomasNathan or ThomasNoah or ThomasOliver or ThomasRaphael or ThomasTheo or ThomasTheodore or ThomasThomas or William

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.