Turner

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #1,097 for boys in 2025, 195 births
Given to boys 96.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1888 · 27 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,989
since 1880

Turner over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Turner has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #353, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#1,097195
2024#5,02126#1,005223
2023#5,75221#1,066203
2022#5,98420#1,180173
2021#5,74821#937241
2020#7,96913#1,002211
2019#6,69817#889246
2018#6,52118#890243
2017#7,09216#1,003202
2016#5,44524#911236
2015#8,93112#918233
2014#8,05314#938224
2013#9,03612#894233
2012#16,8695#962209
2011#10,37410#915220
2010#9,79011#1,098175
2009#15,2426#1,039184
2008#974205
2007#11,6309#943210
2006#17,1685#1,016181
2005#14,5026#1,070155
2004#16,0995#909188
2003#12,4087#1,016155
2002#12,1877#924173
2001#12,0567#837194
2000#7,15814#899173
1999#10,3458#790194
1998#8,01611#818183
1997#9,0179#841170
1996#9,5818#832172
1995#10,5147#913147
1994#9,5868#897147
1993#13,4425#1,13898
1992#10,4797#1,14293
1991#9,3368#1,27377
1990#1,22680
1989#1,51654
1988#1,55347
1987#1,53446
1986#1,47646
1985#1,41648
1984#1,55639
1983#1,68734
1982#1,85030
1981#2,27022
1980#3,83810
1979#2,89715
1978#3,40011
1977#3,38611
1976#2,70915
1975#3,07812
1974#2,45916
1973#2,71613
1972#3,3449
1971#2,12619
1970#2,39915
1969#1,97718
1968#1,73121
1967#1,65222
1966#1,58024
1965#2,08415
1964#1,65523
1963#1,58525
1962#1,89618
1961#1,77821
1960#1,58126
1959#2,03316
1958#1,51127
1957#1,45729
1956#1,36232
1955#1,29434
1954#1,36131
1953#1,09145
1952#1,37830
1951#1,17138
1950#1,18137
1949#1,18536
1948#1,07943
1947#1,14840
1946#1,35527
1945#1,03938
1944#1,05539
1943#1,18733
1942#1,13936
1941#1,53220
1940#1,20831
1939#91646
1938#1,33725
1937#1,14833
1936#1,22529
1935#1,19431
1934#1,00741
1933#98042
1932#1,12636
1931#1,07839
1930#92852
1929#96049
1928#1,04144
1927#1,02846
1926#90255
1925#85860
1924#1,04546
1923#93054
1922#76575
1921#4,0237#78074
1920#82666
1919#85959
1918#69282
1917#76168
1916#73468
1915#71568
1914#77047
1913#78936
1912#73534
1911#62424
1910#52429
1909#53024
1908#71214
1907#55919
1906#54718
1905#43025
1904#64713
1903#65612
1902#42623
1901#53614
1900#57818
1899#48116
1898#54315
1897#51515
1896#41722
1895#57913
1894#41221
1893#40120
1892#52515
1891#56411
1890#43417
1889#43418
1888#35327
1887#48813
1886#47015
1885#52113
1884#61310
1883#55611
1882#43717
1881#39518
1880#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Turner was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

See more about Turner
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 92 spots since 2024 (#1,005#1,097)
  • 95 spots since 2020 (#1,002#1,097)
  • 179 spots since 2015 (#918#1,097)
  • Biggest jump: 421 spots in 1939 (#1,337#916)
  • Biggest drop: 292 spots in 1940 (#916#1,208)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #353 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1923
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,476
  • Highest: 1 in 4,476 boys born in 1888 were named Turner (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,759 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Turner (2,221) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s153#353 (1888)#484
1890s165#401 (1893)#487
1900s180#426 (1902)#562
1910s515#524 (1910)#720
1920s569#765 (1922)#914
1930s374#916 (1939)#1,094
1940s343#1,039 (1945)#1,193
1950s319#1,091 (1953)#1,384
1960s213#1,580 (1966)#1,752
1970s136#2,126 (1971)#2,851
1980s376#1,416 (1985)#1,870
1990s1,361#790 (1999)#987
2000s1,818#837 (2001)#963
2010s2,221#889 (2019)#942
2020s1,246#937 (2021)#1,048

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.

Turner in 1913

boys
#789
36 births · 1 in 14,238 boys

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #789Turner36
More about 1913

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 14,238 of them was named Turner, which outranked 75.8% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Turner
  1. #777Melville37
  2. #777Teddy37
  3. #777Tim37
  4. #789Turner36
  5. #789Burt36
  6. #789Claire36
  7. #789Clint36
  8. #806Arvel35
  9. #806Einar35
  10. #806Ezekiel35

Tied with 16 names at #789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913