Turner
Turner was given to 195 boys in 2025, #1,107 among boys’ names; 10,386 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,990 Americans named Turner and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 9 and 29.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Turner by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Turner mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Turner is “a male given name.”
From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.
/ˈtɝ.nɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Turner?
#1,107 among boys’ names, 2025
Turner fell from #920 in 2015 to #1,107 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.12 to 0.11 per 1,000.
263 babies in 2019, the peak
Turner peaked in 2019, when 263 babies were given it (246 boys, #889 among boys’ names). The 208 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 79% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,107 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 223 | #1,008 | 0.13 |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,071 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 173 | #1,184 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 241 | #941 | 0.14 |
| 2020 | 211 | #1,004 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 246 | #889 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 243 | #893 | 0.13 |
| 2017 | 202 | #1,006 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 236 | #916 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 233 | #920 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 224 | #945 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 233 | #895 | 0.12 |
| 2012 | 209 | #965 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 220 | #918 | 0.12 |
| 2010 | 175 | #1,101 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 184 | #1,041 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 205 | #976 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 210 | #945 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 181 | #1,020 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 155 | #1,071 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 188 | #911 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 155 | #1,022 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 173 | #927 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 194 | #838 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 173 | #899 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 194 | #793 | 0.10 |
| 1998 | 183 | #819 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 170 | #840 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 172 | #833 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 147 | #913 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 147 | #898 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 98 | #1,138 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 93 | #1,143 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,275 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,231 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,530 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,569 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,558 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,579 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,886 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #4,116 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 15 | #3,012 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,600 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,588 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,813 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,227 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,543 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,846 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,598 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,503 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 18 | #2,043 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,782 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,705 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,607 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,168 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,695 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,624 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,955 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,817 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,617 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,103 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,531 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,485 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,381 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,309 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,380 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,098 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,400 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,191 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,200 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,201 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,089 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,156 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,377 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,052 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,208 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,164 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,226 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 46 | #929 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,360 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,167 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,223 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 42 | #990 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,138 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 52 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 49 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 55 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 60 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 54 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 75 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 74 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 66 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 59 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 82 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 68 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 68 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 68 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 47 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 36 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 34 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 24 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 29 | #536 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 24 | #543 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 14 | #742 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 19 | #587 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 18 | #564 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 25 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 13 | #681 | 0.10 |
| 1903 | 12 | #692 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 23 | #438 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 14 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 18 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 16 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 15 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 15 | #551 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 22 | #422 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 13 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 21 | #417 | 0.18 |
| 1893 | 20 | #418 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 15 | #543 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 11 | #591 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 17 | #456 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 18 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 27 | #358 | 0.22 |
| 1887 | 13 | #512 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 15 | #488 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 13 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 10 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 11 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 17 | #451 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 18 | #412 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 11 | #596 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Turner a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,386 Americans recorded as Turner, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 13 girls and 195 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Turner: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Turner, and how old are they?
7,990 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 10,386 Americans ever recorded as Turner. The median Turner alive today is 18 years old; half are between 9 and 29.
The 2020 Census counted 6,751 people named Turner (383 women and girls, 6,368 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,898 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 120 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 371 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 215 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,170 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,040 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,070 |
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 Turner born?
The states with the most babies named Turner are North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 15 | #641 | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 14 | #705 | 1.9× |
| Texas | 13 | #1,470 | 0.8× |
| South Carolina | 12 | #433 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 11 | #666 | 1.5× |
| Missouri | 9 | #646 | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 8 | #871 | 1.1× |
| Kentucky | 8 | #567 | 0.4× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,608 | 0.5× |
| California | 6 | #2,446 | 0.4× |
Where Turner is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Turner is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Turner with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Turner
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 Turner and names like it
- Compare Turner and BishopBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sTurner peaked in 2019.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Turner since 1910.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Turner.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Turner alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with TMost given first.