I'm old. I remember when the majority of drum sets that I came across were configured 12", 13", 16", and 22" with a 5" or 5 1/2" deep snare. I have a 1975 Slingerland kit that I've owned since the early 1990s. It is 12", 13", 16", 18", with a 22" virgin bass drum. I liked having a second floor tom and liked the big boom of the 18". Carting that 18" around to gigs wasn't too much fun, but I did it until 2008.
In 2008 I bought a brand new DW Collector's Series kit. The DWs like DEEP tuning, it's what they do best. I went with a 10", 12", 14", 16", 22" configuration n that kit. I didn't miss the 18", the 14"- 16" floor tom combo did the trick for me. I did miss the 13" though, and picked up a matching 13" tom later that year. Some times I used the kit with a single rack tom, using either the 12" or 13", depending on my mood. Went I used two rack toms I would sometimes use the 10"-12", other times the 12"-13". I found it great to have options.
This year I bought a new Gretsch USA Custom kit in a 10", 12", 14", 16", 22" configuration. I have a 13" rack tom and a 20" bass drum on order to give me setup options similar to the DWs.