Tucker — #200 US boys' name
53,133 babies named Tucker in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Tucker was born in this single decade.
2,422 babies were named Tucker in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tucker
The Social Security Administration has registered 53,133 babies named Tucker between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tucker currently holds the #200 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 2,422 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tucker performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21,255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tucker shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,545 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Tucker in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tucker 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 53,133 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.
Tucker at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Tucker popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1884
- Peak year (2014)
- 2,422
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
Currently ranks #200 among boys.
53,133 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 2,422 births in a single year.
Tucker popularity over time — girls
393 total births recorded since 1986 (Tucker as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tucker accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tucker by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21,255 births that decade — 40% of Tucker's all-time total
Tucker decade highlights
- Peak decade 21,255 births
- Runner-up 12,390 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tucker's strongest decade
21,255 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Tucker by state
Where Tucker concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,545 | 6.7% |
| #2 | California | | 2,259 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 2,128 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 2,122 | 4.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 2,028 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 2,005 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 1,963 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 1,892 | 3.6% |
3,545 of 53,133 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.7% of nationwide
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tucker appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1884–2024 (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.