Decker
Boy · DEK-er · Germanic
Decker is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “roofer, thatcher”. In 2025 it ranked 1,499th for boys in the US (117 babies).
What does Decker mean?
Germanic: Dutch, German and English occupational surname
“roofer, thatcher”
Originally a surname for someone who covered roofs, from a word meaning to cover.
- Say it
- DEK-er
Is Decker a girl's or a boy's name?
Decker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 117 boys in the US.
How popular is Decker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 117 boys in the US were named Decker, making it the 1,499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,013th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 219 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990. 7 girls were also named Decker in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Decker than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Decker in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 boys in the US were given Decker or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,299, up from #1,499 for this spelling alone.
- Decker 117
- Dekker 9
Decker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,499 |
| 2024 | 174 | #1,186 |
| 2023 | 180 | #1,156 |
| 2022 | 219 | #1,015 |
| 2021 | 202 | #1,060 |
| 2020 | 205 | #1,013 |
| 2019 | 198 | #1,041 |
| 2018 | 210 | #984 |
| 2017 | 203 | #996 |
| 2016 | 200 | #1,013 |
| 2015 | 182 | #1,080 |
| 2014 | 180 | #1,074 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
Names like Decker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Decker
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