Recorded 1912–1943 Boys' name Peak 1915 88 births

Bookert — boys' name

88 babies named Bookert in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s361920s181930s171940s17
1910s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Bookert was born in this single decade.

1915
Single peak year

7 babies were named Bookert in 1915 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bookert

The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Bookert between 1912 and 1943, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bookert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bookert performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bookert shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bookert in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bookert 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 88 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.

Bookert at a glance

Last recorded 1943

Total births

88

Since 1912

32 years of records

Peak year

1915

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1943

Active since

1912

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 1943

Bookert popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1912

Last recorded 1943
Peak year (1915)
7
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19431940193219271920191719151912 6

Bookert by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
36 births that decade — 41% of Bookert's all-time total
1910s361920s181930s171940s17

Bookert by state

Where Bookert concentrates geographically — total births since 1912

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bookert
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Mississippi
5 5.7%
Mississippi share of Bookert's total US births 5.7%

5 of 88 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bookert?
88 babies have been named Bookert since 1912. It was last recorded in 1943. The peak year was 1915 with 7 births.
When was Bookert most popular?
Bookert was most popular in the 1910s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
Where is Bookert most popular?
The top states for the name Bookert are Mississippi (5 births).
How long has the name Bookert been used?
Bookert has been recorded in Social Security data since 1912, spanning 32 years of data through 1943.
What names are similar to Bookert?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Booker, Boone, Boomer, Booth, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1943 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.