NameTides

Booker

Booker was the #1,159 boys' name in the US in 2025 (180 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Booker as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Booker as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Booker as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,159 (180)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,290 (152)—#3,072 (5)
2023#1,161 (179)—#1,810 (10)
2022#1,186 (171)—#2,052 (8)
2021#1,207 (160)—#2,260 (7)
2020#1,655 (96)—#2,746 (5)
2019#1,713 (92)——
2018#1,838 (82)—#2,740 (5)
2017#1,804 (84)—#2,762 (5)
2016#2,255 (59)—#2,182 (7)
2015#2,386 (54)——
2014#2,582 (47)#4,632 (3)—
2013#2,715 (43)——
2012#2,954 (39)#4,805 (3)—
2011#4,356 (22)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #177.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Booker is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,200 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Booker by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #438ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Booker (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BookerCanadaBoys#2,5277
BookerEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BookerUSGirls—too few
BookerUSBoys#1,159180