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Boy's nameOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: rising

TomIn Hebrew: תום · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: תֹּםRomanization: tom

Tom (Hebrew: תום) is a boy's name of mixed origin. 7,680 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 191 boys and ranked #102. Its peak year was 2021, with 318 babies.

People in Israel
7,680
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
191
rank #102
Peak year
2021
318 babies
USA, 2025
65
rank #2,183

Writing and saying Tom

In Hebrew letters the name is תום, read right to left. Tom is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "tom" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name, equivalent to English Tom

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Tom by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Tom: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Tom in English-speaking countries

Tom in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202565#2,1831959 (5,068)
United Kingdom202568#6172003 (707)
England and Wales202531#9761999 (638)
Scotland20257#4412003 (45)
Northern Ireland202530#792016 (69)
Ireland2025111#492018 (198)
Alberta20252#1,5711993 (8)
Quebec202572#1002019 (92)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Tom has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Tom

How do you write Tom in Hebrew?

Tom is written תום in Hebrew (with vowel points: תֹּם). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "tom".

How many people in Israel are named Tom?

7,680 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name תום: 1,254 women and 6,426 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Tom a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 83.7% of the people named תום are men.

What does the name Tom mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Tom"

Is Tom used outside Israel?

The name Tom appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 65 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,183), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 68 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.