Spellings

Tommy or Tommie?

In the US in 2025, 79% of babies in this name family were spelled Tommy and 21% Tommie. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Tommy already led in 2015, with 93% of the family's births; it has 84% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 381 to 498 births (+31%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Tommy355420+18%
Tommie2678×3

How they sound

  • Tommy /ˈtɑmi/ (TOM-ee)
  • Tommie /ˈtɑːmi/ (TOM-ee)
  • Tomy /tɔˈmi/ (toh-MEE)

In France

In France in 2025: Tommy 170 births (#304 among boys) and Tomy 30 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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