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Booker: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 180 in 2025. Its best rank was #177 in 1910.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #177 in 1910; #1,160 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Booker in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,160 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1910, at #177.
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Booker: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 180 boys in 2025. Peak: #177 in 1910 · most boys in one year: 294 (1916).
In 2025, 180 US boys were named Booker, making it the 1,160th most common boys’ name of the year, up 130 places from #1,290 in 2024. That is 28 more than the 152 boys named Booker in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #177, reached in 1910. The most boys given the name in a single year was 294, in 1916. For comparison, it was #2,387 in 2015 and #561 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Booker in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 12,235 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 2,051 babies named Booker.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,255 US boys were named Booker; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 180. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,489 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Booker ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #440 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 34 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 8 | #440 | — |
| Idaho | 5 | #443 | — |
| Kentucky | 9 | #485 | — |
| Arizona | 13 | #532 | — |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #628 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #629 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #691 | — |
| Ohio | 11 | #760 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #825 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,018 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,055 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,113 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,149 | — |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,161 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,368 | — |
| California | 11 | #1,520 | #2,608 |
| Texas | 10 | #1,665 | #2,429 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 180 | #1,160 |
| 2024 | — | — | 152 | #1,290 |
| 2023 | — | — | 179 | #1,161 |
| 2022 | — | — | 171 | #1,186 |
| 2021 | — | — | 160 | #1,207 |
| 2020 | — | — | 96 | #1,659 |
| 2019 | — | — | 92 | #1,714 |
| 2018 | — | — | 82 | #1,838 |
| 2017 | — | — | 84 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | — | — | 59 | #2,257 |
| 2015 | — | — | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2014 | — | — | 47 | #2,585 |
| 2013 | — | — | 43 | #2,719 |
| 2012 | — | — | 39 | #2,961 |
| 2011 | — | — | 22 | #4,381 |
| 2010 | — | — | 30 | #3,542 |
| 2009 | — | — | 24 | #4,176 |
| 2008 | — | — | 21 | #4,559 |
| 2007 | — | — | 21 | #4,517 |
| 2006 | — | — | 23 | #4,115 |
| 2005 | — | — | 19 | #4,492 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,528 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,441 |
| 2002 | — | — | 13 | #5,432 |
| 2001 | — | — | 17 | #4,504 |
| 2000 | — | — | 18 | #4,226 |
| 1999 | — | — | 21 | #3,598 |
| 1998 | — | — | 14 | #4,673 |
| 1997 | — | — | 20 | #3,463 |
| 1996 | — | — | 21 | #3,308 |
| 1995 | — | — | 18 | #3,568 |
| 1994 | — | — | 17 | #3,765 |
| 1993 | — | — | 24 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | — | — | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1991 | — | — | 27 | #2,551 |
| 1990 | — | — | 32 | #2,219 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,701 |
| 1988 | — | — | 30 | #2,091 |
| 1987 | — | — | 31 | #1,980 |
| 1986 | — | — | 20 | #2,609 |
| 1985 | — | — | 32 | #1,837 |
| 1984 | — | — | 25 | #2,104 |
| 1983 | — | — | 24 | #2,146 |
| 1982 | — | — | 30 | #1,857 |
| 1981 | — | — | 36 | #1,635 |
| 1980 | — | — | 44 | #1,434 |
| 1979 | — | — | 45 | #1,392 |
| 1978 | — | — | 32 | #1,692 |
| 1977 | — | — | 34 | #1,610 |
| 1976 | — | — | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | — | — | 39 | #1,412 |
| 1974 | — | — | 39 | #1,372 |
| 1973 | — | — | 42 | #1,271 |
| 1972 | — | — | 41 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | — | — | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1970 | — | — | 63 | #1,024 |
| 1969 | — | — | 45 | #1,171 |
| 1968 | — | — | 48 | #1,070 |
| 1967 | — | — | 52 | #1,004 |
| 1966 | — | — | 53 | #998 |
| 1965 | — | — | 65 | #921 |
| 1964 | — | — | 77 | #868 |
| 1963 | — | — | 62 | #956 |
| 1962 | — | — | 78 | #856 |
| 1961 | — | — | 69 | #917 |
| 1960 | — | — | 65 | #941 |
| 1959 | — | — | 89 | #809 |
| 1958 | — | — | 97 | #747 |
| 1957 | — | — | 110 | #711 |
| 1956 | — | — | 115 | #688 |
| 1955 | — | — | 125 | #656 |
| 1954 | — | — | 93 | #742 |
| 1953 | — | — | 140 | #613 |
| 1952 | — | — | 138 | #599 |
| 1951 | — | — | 135 | #598 |
| 1950 | — | — | 145 | #561 |
| 1949 | — | — | 167 | #517 |
| 1948 | — | — | 147 | #552 |
| 1947 | — | — | 160 | #532 |
| 1946 | — | — | 156 | #513 |
| 1945 | — | — | 135 | #517 |
| 1944 | — | — | 153 | #492 |
| 1943 | — | — | 168 | #478 |
| 1942 | — | — | 161 | #482 |
| 1941 | — | — | 145 | #489 |
| 1940 | — | — | 156 | #462 |
| 1939 | — | — | 148 | #471 |
| 1938 | — | — | 167 | #447 |
| 1937 | — | — | 135 | #493 |
| 1936 | — | — | 149 | #463 |
| 1935 | — | — | 130 | #502 |
| 1934 | — | — | 164 | #441 |
| 1933 | — | — | 147 | #454 |
| 1932 | — | — | 153 | #465 |
| 1931 | — | — | 148 | #463 |
| 1930 | — | — | 201 | #415 |
| 1929 | — | — | 155 | #473 |
| 1928 | — | — | 169 | #468 |
| 1927 | — | — | 177 | #461 |
| 1926 | — | — | 164 | #471 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,071 | 165 | #468 |
| 1924 | — | — | 181 | #455 |
| 1923 | — | — | 185 | #449 |
| 1922 | — | — | 198 | #429 |
| 1921 | — | — | 179 | #458 |
| 1920 | — | — | 196 | #427 |
| 1919 | — | — | 215 | #398 |
| 1918 | — | — | 238 | #389 |
| 1917 | — | — | 233 | #364 |
| 1916 | — | — | 294 | #303 |
| 1915 | — | — | 272 | #312 |
| 1914 | — | — | 218 | #306 |
| 1913 | — | — | 151 | #331 |
| 1912 | — | — | 161 | #282 |
| 1911 | — | — | 110 | #241 |
| 1910 | — | — | 159 | #177 |
| 1909 | — | — | 101 | #213 |
| 1908 | — | — | 111 | #190 |
| 1907 | — | — | 100 | #196 |
| 1906 | — | — | 95 | #190 |
| 1905 | — | — | 93 | #191 |
| 1904 | — | — | 93 | #191 |
| 1903 | — | — | 80 | #197 |
| 1902 | — | — | 61 | #232 |
| 1901 | — | — | 29 | #336 |
| 1900 | — | — | 46 | #307 |
| 1899 | — | — | 20 | #415 |
| 1898 | — | — | 16 | #524 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #517 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #832 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,098 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,097 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,084 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,021 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #988 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #862 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #957 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).