Tucker
Tucker was given to 2,008 boys in 2025, #181 among boys’ names; 55,554 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 54,300 Americans named Tucker and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 7 and 22.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tucker by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tucker mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tucker is “a male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.”
/ˈtʌkɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tucker?
#181 among boys’ names, 2025
Tucker rose from #186 in 2015 to #181 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born held at 1.2 per 1,000.
2,439 babies in 2014, the peak
Tucker peaked in 2014, when 2,439 babies were given it (2,422 boys, #176 among boys’ names). The 2,019 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 83% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,008 | #181 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 1,785 | #200 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 1,810 | #205 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 1,934 | #197 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 2,138 | #180 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 2,013 | #191 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 2,018 | #196 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 2,171 | #183 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 2,223 | #179 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 2,311 | #173 | 1.2 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,235 | #186 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 2,422 | #176 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 2,241 | #179 | 1.2 |
| 2012 | 2,044 | #185 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | 1,840 | #196 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 1,754 | #204 | 0.91 |
| 2009 | 1,612 | #226 | 0.81 |
| 2008 | 1,544 | #238 | 0.76 |
| 2007 | 1,464 | #246 | 0.71 |
| 2006 | 1,312 | #263 | 0.64 |
| 2005 | 1,224 | #273 | 0.61 |
| 2004 | 1,107 | #287 | 0.56 |
| 2003 | 1,040 | #295 | 0.53 |
| 2002 | 999 | #296 | 0.51 |
| 2001 | 1,041 | #287 | 0.54 |
| 2000 | 1,047 | #288 | 0.53 |
| 1999 | 971 | #296 | 0.51 |
| 1998 | 920 | #306 | 0.48 |
| 1997 | 902 | #302 | 0.48 |
| 1996 | 803 | #326 | 0.42 |
| 1995 | 709 | #348 | 0.37 |
| 1994 | 694 | #352 | 0.36 |
| 1993 | 601 | #384 | 0.31 |
| 1992 | 498 | #443 | 0.25 |
| 1991 | 488 | #446 | 0.24 |
| 1990 | 434 | #474 | 0.21 |
| 1989 | 371 | #496 | 0.19 |
| 1988 | 228 | #630 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 142 | #775 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 111 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 141 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 149 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 123 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 97 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 87 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 103 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 82 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 80 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,367 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,651 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,346 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,413 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,790 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,720 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,781 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,407 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,574 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,552 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 9 | #3,034 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,954 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,140 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,270 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,674 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,083 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,163 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,722 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,726 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,889 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,369 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,964 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,199 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,936 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,430 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,910 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,470 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,977 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,981 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,947 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,037 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,637 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,657 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,461 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,152 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,470 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,836 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,254 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,986 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,073 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,636 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,570 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,920 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,672 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,130 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,122 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,739 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,460 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,829 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,902 | under 0.01 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,786 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,753 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,348 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,935 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,525 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,811 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,257 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,225 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,034 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,427 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,221 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tucker a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tucker has been given almost only to boys: 404 girls in 116 years of records.
Girls and boys named Tucker: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tucker, and how old are they?
54,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 55,554 Americans ever recorded as Tucker. The median Tucker alive today is 13 years old; half are between 7 and 22.
The 2020 Census counted 41,060 people named Tucker (452 women and girls, 40,608 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 43,424 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 34 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 185 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 677 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,490 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 20,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 27,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tucker born?
The states with the most babies named Tucker are Texas, Tennessee and Ohio, with 18% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 152 | #260 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 105 | #81 | 1.8× |
| Ohio | 100 | #138 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 95 | #132 | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 83 | #146 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 83 | #249 | 0.7× |
| Wisconsin | 73 | #78 | 1.2× |
| California | 66 | #490 | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 65 | #108 | 1.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | #195 | 0.8× |
Where Tucker is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tucker is most over-represented in Montana: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tucker with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 55,628 babies since 1880, Tucker is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,019 of their 2,019 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tucker
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tucker and names like it
- Compare Tucker and TukkerBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sTucker peaked in 2014.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tucker since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Tucker: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Tucker.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Tucker alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with TMost given first.