UK boy's name
Thomas-Jay
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2021. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Thomas-Jay is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Thomas-Jay popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2021 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4789, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 12 births.
This profile covers 104 England and Wales registrations across 22 recorded years from 1997 to 2021. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 25% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 106 living people in the UK are called Thomas-Jay. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2022 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Thomas-Jay ranked #4789 for boys in England and Wales in 2021, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 12 boys were registered as Thomas-Jay.
- • Thomas-Jay ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #595 in 2007.
- • About 106 living people in the UK are estimated to have Thomas-Jay as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4789
2021
Births in 2021
3
Latest year
Peak year
2011
12 births
Estimated living
106
2026
Popularity
Thomas-Jay over time
The chart below shows babies named Thomas-Jay registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1997 to 2021. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Thomas-Jay, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2021, compared with 12 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Thomas-Jay by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Thomas-Jay was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4062 | 8 | 2 |
| 2010s | #3515 | 55 | 10 |
| 2000s | #3053 | 32 | 7 |
| 1990s | #2901 | 9 | 3 |
Geography
Where Thomas-Jay is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Thomas-Jay. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Thomas-Jay ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #595 in 2007.
Across the UK
Thomas-Jay in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#595 in 2007
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Thomas-Jay
- Thomas 160,894
- Tyler 42,147
- Theo 40,594
- Toby 32,482
- Theodore 30,211
- Tommy 25,300
- Teddy 20,781
- Taylor 14,354
- Tobias 13,102
- Tom 9,822
- Tristan 9,171
- Timothy 6,200
FAQ
Thomas-Jay: questions and answers
How popular is the name Thomas-Jay in the UK right now?
In 2021, Thomas-Jay was ranked #4789 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Thomas-Jay most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 12 babies registered as Thomas-Jay in England and Wales.
How many people are called Thomas-Jay in the UK?
A total of 104 babies have been registered as Thomas-Jay across the 22 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Thomas-Jay most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Thomas-Jay ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #595 in 2007. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.