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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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 1999

girls
#10,345
8 births · 1 in 221,728 girls
boys
#790
194 births · 1 in 9,898 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #10,345Turner8

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #790Turner194
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 221,728 of them was named Turner, which outranked 39.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Turner
  1. #9,479Zona9
  2. #9,479Zoriah9
  3. #9,479Zyah9
  4. #10,345Turner8
  5. #10,345Aaleyah8
  6. #10,345Aaliayah8
  7. #10,345Aaliyha8
  8. #11,385Aalliyah7
  9. #11,385Aarika7
  10. #11,385Aashka7

Tied with 1,039 names at #10,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 9,898 of them was named Turner, which outranked 93.2% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Turner
  1. #786Davin195
  2. #786Dequan195
  3. #786Kelly195
  4. #790Turner194
  5. #790Adonis194
  6. #790Ari194
  7. #790Colt194
  8. #796Jett193
  9. #796Mekhi193
  10. #798Darrin192

Tied with 5 names at #790; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999