Boomer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOO-mer
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Boomer is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Boomer come from?
English: English word and nickname boomer
Is Boomer a girl's or a boy's name?
Boomer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boomer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Boomer, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had fewer boys named Boomer than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Boomer in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boomer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Boomer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brewer, Baker, Ledger, Archer, Wylder, Beckham, Wilder, Baylor, Sawyer, Karter, River, Iker
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Boomer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/boomer, updated 20 October 2026.