Booker
Booker was the 1160th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 180 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 177th; the most babies were born in 1916 (294). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,227 places. More babies were named Booker in the 1910s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,160 boys, up 499 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 180boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1916294 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,235babies recorded
Booker popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1925.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,160 | 180 |
| 2020 | #1,659 | 96 |
| 2010 | #3,542 | 30 |
| 2000 | #4,226 | 18 |
| 1990 | #2,219 | 32 |
| 1980 | #1,434 | 44 |
| 1970 | #1,024 | 63 |
| 1960 | #941 | 65 |
| 1950 | #561 | 145 |
| 1940 | #462 | 156 |
| 1930 | #415 | 201 |
| 1920 | #427 | 196 |
| 1910 | #177 | 159 |
| 1900 | #307 | 46 |
| 1890 | #1,021 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Booker, counting every spelling?
Booker has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,098 for boys in 2025, against #1,160 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Booker?
180 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Booker (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Booker born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 47 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Booker.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Booker?
About 4,700 people born in the US named Booker are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 9 and 73. That makes Booker mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Booker by state
How common Booker was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (5.1×), Kentucky (4.2×), Utah (2.3×), Ohio (1.9×), Indiana (1.8×). In 26 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Booker: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Booker, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Booker
How popular is the name Booker?
Booker was the 1160th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 180 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 177th; the most babies were born in 1916 (294). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,227 places. More babies were named Booker in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Booker a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Booker in the US.
Where is Booker most popular?
In 2021–2025, Booker was most common in South Dakota (0.59 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arizona and Kentucky.