NameTides

Turner

Turner was the #1,097 boys' name in the US in 2025 (195 babies), and #1,804 in Canada.

Turner as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Turner 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Turner 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#1,097 (195)—#1,804 (11)
2024#1,005 (223)—#1,909 (10)
2023#1,066 (203)—#1,687 (11)
2022#1,180 (173)#4,790 (3)#1,350 (15)
2021#937 (241)#2,730 (7)#1,653 (11)
2020#1,002 (211)#4,608 (3)#1,838 (9)
2019#889 (246)#3,013 (6)#1,375 (14)
2018#890 (243)#4,749 (3)#1,836 (9)
2017#1,003 (202)—#1,510 (12)
2016#911 (236)—#1,118 (19)
2015#918 (233)—#2,387 (6)
2014#938 (224)—#1,778 (9)
2013#894 (233)—#1,252 (15)
2012#962 (209)#3,416 (5)#1,257 (15)
2011#915 (220)—#1,211 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1888 at #353.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Turner were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 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 8,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Turner is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Turner by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Turner (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
TurnerCanadaBoys#1,80411
TurnerEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TurnerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TurnerUSGirls#7,88513
TurnerUSBoys#1,097195