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
#353
1888 · 27 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

girls
#9,336
8 births · 1 in 234,376 girls
boys
#1,273
77 births · 1 in 26,238 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #9,336Turner8

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #1,273Turner77
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 234,376 of them was named Turner, which outranked 39.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Turner
  1. #8,588Zola9
  2. #8,588Zoua9
  3. #8,588Zuleica9
  4. #9,336Turner8
  5. #9,336Aaisha8
  6. #9,336Aaryn8
  7. #9,336Abbigale8
  8. #10,271Abelina7
  9. #10,271Abeni7
  10. #10,271Abiola7

Tied with 934 names at #9,336; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 26,238 of them was named Turner, which outranked 86.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Turner
  1. #1,264Rian78
  2. #1,264Rufus78
  3. #1,264Seamus78
  4. #1,273Turner77
  5. #1,273Britt77
  6. #1,273Gianni77
  7. #1,273Jonatan77
  8. #1,282Dirk76
  9. #1,282Emery76
  10. #1,282Jalil76

Tied with 8 names at #1,273; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →