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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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 1992

girls
#10,479
7 births · 1 in 263,419 girls
boys
#1,142
93 births · 1 in 21,478 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #10,479Turner7

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #1,142Turner93
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 263,419 of them was named Turner, which outranked 32.9% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Turner
  1. #9,491Zia8
  2. #9,491Zion8
  3. #9,491Zsazsa8
  4. #10,479Turner7
  5. #10,479Aarion7
  6. #10,479Aarthi7
  7. #10,479Abbye7
  8. #11,738Aamina6
  9. #11,738Abcde6
  10. #11,738Abi6

Tied with 1,258 names at #10,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 21,478 of them was named Turner, which outranked 88.4% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Turner
  1. #1,135Kraig94
  2. #1,135Nehemiah94
  3. #1,135Rakim94
  4. #1,142Turner93
  5. #1,142Joesph93
  6. #1,142Kyron93
  7. #1,142Nikhil93
  8. #1,150Jeremie92
  9. #1,150Jude92
  10. #1,150Marshal92

Tied with 7 names at #1,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →