Booker — #1287 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Booker

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,050 babies named Booker between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Booker currently holds the #1287 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 294 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Booker performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 2,051 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Booker shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 1,356 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Booker in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Booker in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,050 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.