Booker
Last seen for girls in 1925 at #4,973 · #1,159 for boys in 2025, 180 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 159 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,230since 1882
Booker over time
Rank among boys' names. Booker has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,159 | 180 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,290 | 152 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,161 | 179 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,186 | 171 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,207 | 160 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,655 | 96 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,713 | 92 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,838 | 82 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,804 | 84 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,255 | 59 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,386 | 54 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,582 | 47 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,715 | 43 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,954 | 39 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,356 | 22 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,160 | 24 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,493 | 21 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,105 | 23 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,464 | 19 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,591 | 21 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,865 | 24 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,214 | 32 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,974 | 31 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,140 | 24 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,629 | 36 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,432 | 44 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,390 | 45 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,688 | 32 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,407 | 39 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,370 | 39 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,307 | 41 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,150 | 51 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,023 | 63 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,168 | 45 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,068 | 48 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | — | #998 | 53 | |
| 1965 | — | #920 | 65 | |
| 1964 | — | #867 | 77 | |
| 1963 | — | #956 | 62 | |
| 1962 | — | #856 | 78 | |
| 1961 | — | #915 | 69 | |
| 1960 | — | #940 | 65 | |
| 1959 | — | #808 | 89 | |
| 1958 | — | #747 | 97 | |
| 1957 | — | #711 | 110 | |
| 1956 | — | #688 | 115 | |
| 1955 | — | #656 | 125 | |
| 1954 | — | #742 | 93 | |
| 1953 | — | #613 | 140 | |
| 1952 | — | #599 | 138 | |
| 1951 | — | #598 | 135 | |
| 1950 | — | #561 | 145 | |
| 1949 | — | #517 | 167 | |
| 1948 | — | #552 | 147 | |
| 1947 | — | #532 | 160 | |
| 1946 | — | #513 | 156 | |
| 1945 | — | #517 | 135 | |
| 1944 | — | #492 | 153 | |
| 1943 | — | #478 | 168 | |
| 1942 | — | #482 | 161 | |
| 1941 | — | #489 | 145 | |
| 1940 | — | #462 | 156 | |
| 1939 | — | #471 | 148 | |
| 1938 | — | #447 | 167 | |
| 1937 | — | #493 | 135 | |
| 1936 | — | #463 | 149 | |
| 1935 | — | #501 | 130 | |
| 1934 | — | #441 | 164 | |
| 1933 | — | #454 | 147 | |
| 1932 | — | #465 | 153 | |
| 1931 | — | #463 | 148 | |
| 1930 | — | #415 | 201 | |
| 1929 | — | #472 | 155 | |
| 1928 | — | #468 | 169 | |
| 1927 | — | #460 | 177 | |
| 1926 | — | #471 | 164 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #467 | 165 |
| 1924 | — | #455 | 181 | |
| 1923 | — | #449 | 185 | |
| 1922 | — | #429 | 198 | |
| 1921 | — | #458 | 179 | |
| 1920 | — | #427 | 196 | |
| 1919 | — | #398 | 215 | |
| 1918 | — | #389 | 238 | |
| 1917 | — | #364 | 233 | |
| 1916 | — | #303 | 294 | |
| 1915 | — | #311 | 272 | |
| 1914 | — | #306 | 218 | |
| 1913 | — | #331 | 151 | |
| 1912 | — | #282 | 161 | |
| 1911 | — | #241 | 110 | |
| 1910 | — | #177 | 159 | |
| 1909 | — | #212 | 101 | |
| 1908 | — | #190 | 111 | |
| 1907 | — | #196 | 100 | |
| 1906 | — | #190 | 95 | |
| 1905 | — | #190 | 93 | |
| 1904 | — | #191 | 93 | |
| 1903 | — | #197 | 80 | |
| 1902 | — | #232 | 61 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | — | #307 | 46 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Booker! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Booker is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#135 · 1 in 734
- Alabama#184 · 1 in 1,266
- Arkansas#201 · 1 in 1,293
- South Carolina#221 · 1 in 1,748
- Georgia#266 · 1 in 2,363
Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #135 | 26 | 1 in 734 |
| Alabama | #184 | 21 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Arkansas | #201 | 14 | 1 in 1,293 |
| South Carolina | #221 | 11 | 1 in 1,748 |
| Georgia | #266 | 12 | 1 in 2,363 |
| North Carolina | #273 | 14 | 1 in 2,435 |
| Virginia | #297 | 8 | 1 in 2,913 |
| Tennessee | #335 | 7 | 1 in 3,474 |
| Louisiana | #340 | 7 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Illinois | #437 | 7 | 1 in 8,438 |
| Texas | #487 | 13 | 1 in 4,254 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Booker
- 131 spots since 2024 (#1,290 → #1,159)
- 496 spots since 2020 (#1,655 → #1,159)
- 1,227 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #1,159)
- Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1897 (#826 → #515)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1960 (#808 → #940)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1910 at #177 (159 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 50 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1896–1966
- Highest: 1 in 1,221 boys born in 1910 were named Booker (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,489 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Booker (2,051) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #848 (1884) | #922 |
| 1890s | 79 | #415 (1899) | #812 |
| 1900s | 809 | #190 (1908) | #224 |
| 1910s | 2,051 | #177 (1910) | #310 |
| 1920s | 1,769 | #427 (1920) | #456 |
| 1930s | 1,542 | #415 (1930) | #461 |
| 1940s | 1,548 | #462 (1940) | #503 |
| 1950s | 1,187 | #561 (1950) | #672 |
| 1960s | 614 | #856 (1962) | #969 |
| 1970s | 425 | #1,023 (1970) | #1,364 |
| 1980s | 295 | #1,432 (1980) | #2,034 |
| 1990s | 217 | #2,214 (1990) | #3,283 |
| 2000s | 188 | #4,105 (2006) | #4,576 |
| 2010s | 552 | #1,713 (2019) | #2,613 |
| 2020s | 938 | #1,159 (2025) | #1,276 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Booker in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 243,477 of them was named Booker, which outranked 13.8% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 798 names at #4,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 6,763 of them was named Booker, which outranked 90.4% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #464Orlando171
- #465Hiram170
- #466Pablo166
- #467Booker165
- #467Ambrose165
- #467Everette165
- #467Luke165
- #472Elroy164
- #472Emilio164
- #472Noble164
Tied with 4 names at #467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.