Booker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOOK-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,159 for boys
Booker is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “scribe or bookbinder”. In 2025 it ranked 1,159th for boys in the US (180 babies).
What does Booker mean?
English: English occupational surname
“scribe or bookbinder”
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), born into slavery, became the first head of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Is Booker a girl's or a boy's name?
Booker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 180 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Booker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,159among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 180about 1 in 9,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 180 boys in the US were named Booker, making it the 1,159th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,655th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 294 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had more boys named Booker than any year since 1930.
Half of all the boys named Booker in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Booker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 180 | #1,159 |
| 2024 | 152 | #1,290 |
| 2023 | 179 | #1,161 |
| 2022 | 171 | #1,186 |
| 2021 | 160 | #1,207 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2019 | 92 | #1,713 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 84 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,390 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,150 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,023 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,168 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,068 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1966 | 53 | #998 |
| 1965 | 65 | #920 |
| 1964 | 77 | #867 |
| 1963 | 62 | #955 |
| 1962 | 78 | #855 |
| 1961 | 69 | #914 |
| 1960 | 65 | #939 |
| 1959 | 89 | #807 |
| 1958 | 97 | #746 |
| 1957 | 110 | #710 |
| 1956 | 115 | #687 |
| 1955 | 125 | #655 |
| 1954 | 93 | #741 |
| 1953 | 140 | #612 |
| 1952 | 138 | #598 |
| 1951 | 135 | #597 |
| 1950 | 145 | #560 |
| 1949 | 167 | #516 |
| 1948 | 147 | #551 |
| 1947 | 160 | #532 |
| 1946 | 156 | #513 |
| 1945 | 135 | #517 |
| 1944 | 153 | #492 |
| 1943 | 168 | #478 |
| 1942 | 161 | #482 |
| 1941 | 145 | #489 |
| 1940 | 156 | #462 |
| 1939 | 148 | #471 |
| 1938 | 167 | #447 |
| 1937 | 135 | #493 |
| 1936 | 149 | #463 |
| 1935 | 130 | #501 |
| 1934 | 164 | #441 |
| 1933 | 147 | #454 |
| 1932 | 153 | #465 |
| 1931 | 148 | #463 |
| 1930 | 201 | #415 |
| 1929 | 155 | #472 |
| 1928 | 169 | #468 |
| 1927 | 177 | #460 |
| 1926 | 164 | #471 |
| 1925 | 165 | #467 |
| 1924 | 181 | #455 |
| 1923 | 185 | #449 |
| 1922 | 198 | #429 |
| 1921 | 179 | #458 |
| 1920 | 196 | #427 |
| 1919 | 215 | #398 |
| 1918 | 238 | #389 |
| 1917 | 233 | #364 |
| 1916 | 294 | #303 |
| 1915 | 272 | #311 |
| 1914 | 218 | #306 |
| 1913 | 151 | #331 |
| 1912 | 161 | #282 |
| 1911 | 110 | #241 |
| 1910 | 159 | #177 |
| 1909 | 101 | #212 |
| 1908 | 111 | #190 |
| 1907 | 100 | #196 |
| 1906 | 95 | #190 |
| 1905 | 93 | #190 |
| 1904 | 93 | #191 |
| 1903 | 80 | #197 |
| 1902 | 61 | #232 |
| 1901 | 29 | #334 |
| 1900 | 46 | #307 |
| 1899 | 20 | #415 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Booker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/booker, updated 20 October 2026.