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
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,989since 1880
Turner over time
Rank among boys' names. Turner has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #1,097 | 195 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | #1,005 | 223 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #1,066 | 203 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #1,180 | 173 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #937 | 241 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #1,002 | 211 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #889 | 246 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #890 | 243 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #1,003 | 202 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #911 | 236 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #918 | 233 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #938 | 224 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #894 | 233 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #962 | 209 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #915 | 220 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #1,098 | 175 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,039 | 184 |
| 2008 | — | #974 | 205 | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #943 | 210 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,016 | 181 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,070 | 155 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #909 | 188 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,016 | 155 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #924 | 173 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #837 | 194 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #899 | 173 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #790 | 194 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #818 | 183 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #841 | 170 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #832 | 172 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #913 | 147 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #897 | 147 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,138 | 98 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #1,142 | 93 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,273 | 77 |
| 1990 | — | #1,226 | 80 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,516 | 54 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,553 | 47 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,534 | 46 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,476 | 46 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,416 | 48 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,556 | 39 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,687 | 34 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,459 | 16 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,580 | 24 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,778 | 21 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,581 | 26 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,362 | 32 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,361 | 31 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,091 | 45 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,185 | 36 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,079 | 43 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,148 | 40 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,187 | 33 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #916 | 46 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,194 | 31 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,126 | 36 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #928 | 52 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,041 | 44 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,028 | 46 | |
| 1926 | — | #902 | 55 | |
| 1925 | — | #858 | 60 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,045 | 46 | |
| 1923 | — | #930 | 54 | |
| 1922 | — | #765 | 75 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #780 | 74 |
| 1920 | — | #826 | 66 | |
| 1919 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1918 | — | #692 | 82 | |
| 1917 | — | #761 | 68 | |
| 1916 | — | #734 | 68 | |
| 1915 | — | #715 | 68 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #789 | 36 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #524 | 29 | |
| 1909 | — | #530 | 24 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #417 | 22 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #412 | 21 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #525 | 15 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #353 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1923
- 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%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Turner (2,221) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 153 | #353 (1888) | #484 |
| 1890s | 165 | #401 (1893) | #487 |
| 1900s | 180 | #426 (1902) | #562 |
| 1910s | 515 | #524 (1910) | #720 |
| 1920s | 569 | #765 (1922) | #914 |
| 1930s | 374 | #916 (1939) | #1,094 |
| 1940s | 343 | #1,039 (1945) | #1,193 |
| 1950s | 319 | #1,091 (1953) | #1,384 |
| 1960s | 213 | #1,580 (1966) | #1,752 |
| 1970s | 136 | #2,126 (1971) | #2,851 |
| 1980s | 376 | #1,416 (1985) | #1,870 |
| 1990s | 1,361 | #790 (1999) | #987 |
| 2000s | 1,818 | #837 (2001) | #963 |
| 2010s | 2,221 | #889 (2019) | #942 |
| 2020s | 1,246 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 73,834 of them was named Turner, which outranked 71.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,284Zeva25
- #5,284Zlata25
- #5,284Zuleika25
- #5,445Turner24
- #5,445Aamina24
- #5,445Acelyn24
- #5,445Adaiah24
- #5,622Aalyiah23
- #5,622Aamani23
- #5,622Aaron23
Tied with 176 names at #5,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 8,041 of them was named Turner, which outranked 93.6% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #904Kylo238
- #909Cedric237
- #909Hakeem237
- #911Turner236
- #911Darrell236
- #911Jabari236
- #911Justus236
- #918Jairo235
- #919Konnor234
- #919Mustafa234
Tied with 6 names at #911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.