Turner — #1003 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Turner

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,794 babies named Turner between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Turner currently holds the #1003 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 246 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Turner performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Turner shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 654 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Turner in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Turner 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 9,794 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.