How Many People Are Named Tou?
An estimated 1,214 people in the United States have the first name Tou. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Tou peaked in popularity in 1990 with 82 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tou as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tou paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,214
About 1 in 282,335 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1990
82 births
Total Registered
1,254
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tou
Tou is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,254 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Tou as a male name
Ranked #11,954 in 2015
6 male births in 2015
Peak: 1990 (82 births)
Tou: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tou span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 578 babies were registered. Tou has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tou by Decade
How has Tou tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tou by State
Birth registrations for Tou span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin. The lowest are in Rhode Island, Michigan, Wisconsin. On average, about 204 Tous were registered per state.
Tou + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tou as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tou
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tou: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tou?
We estimate approximately 1,214 people named Tou are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 282,335 Americans share this first name.
Is Tou a common name?
Tou is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,254 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tou most popular?
Tou reached peak popularity in 1990, when 82 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tou is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tou a male name?
Tou is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tou Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tou Smith, Tou Johnson, Tou Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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