Tucker
Tucker was the 181st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 2,008 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 173rd; the most babies were born in 2014 (2,422). Over the last ten years it has moved up 5 places. More babies were named Tucker in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning cloth fuller (surname) · English
Say it TUK-er /ˈtʌkər/
- Rank in 2025
- #181 boys, up 10 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 2,008boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20142,422 babies
- Total since 1880
- 55,554babies recorded
What does the name Tucker mean?
Tucker is an occupational surname from south-western England for a fuller, someone who cleaned and thickened woollen cloth; Wiktionary calls it equivalent to Fuller. It comes from the Middle English verb tuck, 'to stretch or full cloth'. Wikipedia describes it as likely from the occupational surname for a cloth-softener. As a boy's first name it is a transferred surname used mainly in the US.
tuken (Middle English, “to stretch, full cloth”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Tuck, Fuller, Walker.
See also: English names, names from occupations.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Tucker', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'tuck', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Tucker (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Tucker
The usual nicknames for Tucker are Tuck.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuck | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Tuckers go by each one.
Tucker popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 404 since 1986, 11 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #181 | 2,008 |
| 2020 | #191 | 2,013 |
| 2010 | #204 | 1,754 |
| 2000 | #288 | 1,047 |
| 1990 | #475 | 434 |
| 1980 | #888 | 103 |
| 1970 | #1,791 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,200 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,657 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,572 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,787 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tucker, counting every spelling?
Tucker has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #198 for boys in 2025, against #181 on the official list, because Kayson/Kaison/Kaysen and Cohen/Kohen/Kohyn and Eric/Erick/Erik move ahead once their spellings are combined.
How many kids will share the name Tucker?
2,008 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tucker (0.56 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tucker 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 4 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tucker.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tucker?
About 53,900 people born in the US named Tucker are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 22. That makes Tucker mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Tucker by state
How common Tucker was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Vermont (5.5×), West Virginia (4.0×), North Dakota (3.1×), Maine (2.9×), South Dakota (2.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Mexico, New Jersey, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tucker: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tucker, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Tucker · Sibling names for Tucker
Questions about the name Tucker
What does Tucker mean?
Tucker means “cloth fuller (surname)” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Tucker?
Tucker was the 181st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 2,008 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 173rd; the most babies were born in 2014 (2,422). Over the last ten years it has moved up 5 places. More babies were named Tucker in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Tucker a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tucker in the US.
Where is Tucker most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tucker was most common in Vermont (6.21 per 1,000 boys), followed by West Virginia and North Dakota.