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Turner: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 195 in 2025. Its best rank was #358 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #358 in 1888; #1,107 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Turner in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,107 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #358.
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Turner: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 195 boys in 2025. Peak: #358 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 246 (2019).
In 2025, 195 US boys were named Turner, making it the 1,107th most common boys’ name of the year, down 99 places from #1,008 in 2024. That is 28 fewer than the 223 boys named Turner in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #358, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 246, in 2019. For comparison, it was #920 in 2015 and #1,201 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Turner in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 11 babies with the name. In all, 10,386 US babies have been given the name, 3.8% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,360 babies named Turner.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,173 US boys were named Turner; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 246. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,759 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Turner ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #262 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 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 5 | #262 | — |
| South Carolina | 12 | #433 | #753 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #567 | — |
| North Carolina | 15 | #641 | #558 |
| Missouri | 9 | #646 | — |
| Tennessee | 11 | #666 | #518 |
| Georgia | 14 | #705 | #782 |
| Colorado | 6 | #840 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #871 | #513 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #879 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,245 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,423 | #1,317 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,470 | #969 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,608 | #768 |
| California | 6 | #2,446 | #1,367 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,318 | 195 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,137 | 223 | #1,008 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,936 | 203 | #1,071 |
| 2022 | 20 | #6,202 | 173 | #1,184 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,934 | 241 | #941 |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,372 | 211 | #1,004 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,998 | 246 | #889 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,765 | 243 | #893 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,419 | 202 | #1,006 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,601 | 236 | #916 |
| 2015 | 12 | #9,445 | 233 | #920 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,457 | 224 | #945 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,573 | 233 | #895 |
| 2012 | 5 | #19,349 | 209 | #965 |
| 2011 | 10 | #11,137 | 220 | #918 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,417 | 175 | #1,101 |
| 2009 | 6 | #17,151 | 184 | #1,041 |
| 2008 | — | — | 205 | #976 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,605 | 210 | #945 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,878 | 181 | #1,020 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,323 | 155 | #1,072 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,654 | 188 | #912 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,764 | 155 | #1,023 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,519 | 173 | #928 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,420 | 194 | #839 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,554 | 173 | #901 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,330 | 194 | #795 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,555 | 183 | #820 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,763 | 170 | #842 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,508 | 172 | #835 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,720 | 147 | #916 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,511 | 147 | #901 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,670 | 98 | #1,142 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,669 | 93 | #1,147 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,220 | 77 | #1,281 |
| 1990 | — | — | 80 | #1,236 |
| 1989 | — | — | 54 | #1,535 |
| 1988 | — | — | 47 | #1,574 |
| 1987 | — | — | 46 | #1,560 |
| 1986 | — | — | 46 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | — | — | 48 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | — | — | 39 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | — | — | 34 | #1,708 |
| 1982 | — | — | 30 | #1,887 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,333 |
| 1980 | — | — | 10 | #4,117 |
| 1979 | — | — | 15 | #3,013 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,601 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,590 |
| 1976 | — | — | 15 | #2,814 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,229 |
| 1974 | — | — | 16 | #2,545 |
| 1973 | — | — | 13 | #2,848 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,600 |
| 1971 | — | — | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1970 | — | — | 15 | #2,504 |
| 1969 | — | — | 18 | #2,044 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,783 |
| 1967 | — | — | 22 | #1,706 |
| 1966 | — | — | 24 | #1,608 |
| 1965 | — | — | 15 | #2,169 |
| 1964 | — | — | 23 | #1,696 |
| 1963 | — | — | 25 | #1,625 |
| 1962 | — | — | 18 | #1,956 |
| 1961 | — | — | 21 | #1,818 |
| 1960 | — | — | 26 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | — | — | 16 | #2,104 |
| 1958 | — | — | 27 | #1,532 |
| 1957 | — | — | 29 | #1,486 |
| 1956 | — | — | 32 | #1,382 |
| 1955 | — | — | 34 | #1,310 |
| 1954 | — | — | 31 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | — | — | 45 | #1,099 |
| 1952 | — | — | 30 | #1,401 |
| 1951 | — | — | 38 | #1,192 |
| 1950 | — | — | 37 | #1,201 |
| 1949 | — | — | 36 | #1,202 |
| 1948 | — | — | 43 | #1,090 |
| 1947 | — | — | 40 | #1,157 |
| 1946 | — | — | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1945 | — | — | 38 | #1,053 |
| 1944 | — | — | 39 | #1,069 |
| 1943 | — | — | 33 | #1,208 |
| 1942 | — | — | 36 | #1,164 |
| 1941 | — | — | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1940 | — | — | 31 | #1,226 |
| 1939 | — | — | 46 | #929 |
| 1938 | — | — | 25 | #1,360 |
| 1937 | — | — | 33 | #1,167 |
| 1936 | — | — | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1935 | — | — | 31 | #1,223 |
| 1934 | — | — | 41 | #1,022 |
| 1933 | — | — | 42 | #990 |
| 1932 | — | — | 36 | #1,138 |
| 1931 | — | — | 39 | #1,100 |
| 1930 | — | — | 52 | #942 |
| 1929 | — | — | 49 | #973 |
| 1928 | — | — | 44 | #1,055 |
| 1927 | — | — | 46 | #1,038 |
| 1926 | — | — | 55 | #914 |
| 1925 | — | — | 60 | #869 |
| 1924 | — | — | 46 | #1,055 |
| 1923 | — | — | 54 | #938 |
| 1922 | — | — | 75 | #765 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,420 | 74 | #789 |
| 1920 | — | — | 66 | #834 |
| 1919 | — | — | 59 | #865 |
| 1918 | — | — | 82 | #699 |
| 1917 | — | — | 68 | #764 |
| 1916 | — | — | 68 | #743 |
| 1915 | — | — | 68 | #724 |
| 1914 | — | — | 47 | #776 |
| 1913 | — | — | 36 | #803 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #753 |
| 1911 | — | — | 24 | #641 |
| 1910 | — | — | 29 | #536 |
| 1909 | — | — | 24 | #543 |
| 1908 | — | — | 14 | #742 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #587 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #564 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #449 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #681 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #692 |
| 1902 | — | — | 23 | #438 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #555 |
| 1900 | — | — | 18 | #601 |
| 1899 | — | — | 16 | #499 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #569 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #551 |
| 1896 | — | — | 22 | #422 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #606 |
| 1894 | — | — | 21 | #417 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #418 |
| 1892 | — | — | 15 | #543 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #591 |
| 1890 | — | — | 17 | #456 |
| 1889 | — | — | 18 | #443 |
| 1888 | — | — | 27 | #358 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #512 |
| 1886 | — | — | 15 | #488 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #544 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #658 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #593 |
| 1882 | — | — | 17 | #451 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #412 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #596 |
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).