Tucker

Where Tucker comes from

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

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Tucker Gates born
    Television director, television producer
  3. 2000
    Tucker Albrizzi born
    American actor
  4. 2016
    Peak, #173
    2,311 babies named Tucker — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Tucker Albrizzi · American actor, born 2000
  • Tucker Gates · Television director, television producer, born 2000
  • Tucker Knight · American professional wrestler, born 1990
  • Tucker Max · American Internet personality; blogger; author, born 1975
  • Tucker Fredricks · American speed skater, born 1984

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.