Decker

Where Decker comes from

The dictionaries list Decker as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1990
    First appearance
    #3,971 among boys, 14 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Decker Dean born
    American ski jumper
  3. 2018
    Peak, #984
    210 babies named Decker — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Decker Dean · American ski jumper, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.