Turner
Boy · TER-ner · English
Turner is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lathe worker”. In 2025 it ranked 1,097th for boys in the US (195 babies).
What does Turner mean?
English: English occupational surname
“lathe worker”
From the surname for someone who turned wood or bone on a lathe; borne by the painter J. M. W. Turner.
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Is Turner a girl's or a boy's name?
Turner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 195 boys in the US.
How popular is Turner in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 boys.
Turner in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 2 | #5,689 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
How popular is Turner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,097among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 195about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 195 boys in the US were named Turner, making it the 1,097th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,002nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 246 boys. 13 girls were also named Turner in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Turner in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Turner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,097 |
| 2024 | 223 | #1,005 |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,066 |
| 2022 | 173 | #1,180 |
| 2021 | 241 | #937 |
| 2020 | 211 | #1,002 |
| 2019 | 246 | #889 |
| 2018 | 243 | #890 |
| 2017 | 202 | #1,003 |
| 2016 | 236 | #911 |
| 2015 | 233 | #918 |
| 2014 | 224 | #938 |
| 2013 | 233 | #894 |
| 2012 | 209 | #962 |
| 2011 | 220 | #915 |
| 2010 | 175 | #1,098 |
| 2009 | 184 | #1,039 |
| 2008 | 205 | #974 |
| 2007 | 210 | #943 |
| 2006 | 181 | #1,016 |
| 2005 | 155 | #1,069 |
| 2004 | 188 | #908 |
| 2003 | 155 | #1,015 |
| 2002 | 173 | #923 |
| 2001 | 194 | #836 |
| 2000 | 173 | #897 |
| 1999 | 194 | #788 |
| 1998 | 183 | #817 |
| 1997 | 170 | #839 |
| 1996 | 172 | #830 |
| 1995 | 147 | #910 |
| 1994 | 147 | #894 |
| 1993 | 98 | #1,134 |
| 1992 | 93 | #1,138 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,267 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,221 |
| 1989 | 54 | #1,511 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,475 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,415 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,686 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,777 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,361 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,293 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,090 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,078 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,147 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,354 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,038 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,208 |
| 1939 | 46 | #916 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,225 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1933 | 42 | #980 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,126 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,078 |
| 1930 | 52 | #928 |
| 1929 | 49 | #960 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,041 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1926 | 55 | #902 |
| 1925 | 60 | #858 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1923 | 54 | #930 |
| 1922 | 75 | #765 |
| 1921 | 74 | #780 |
| 1920 | 66 | #826 |
| 1919 | 59 | #859 |
| 1918 | 82 | #692 |
| 1917 | 68 | #761 |
| 1916 | 68 | #734 |
| 1915 | 68 | #715 |
| 1914 | 47 | #770 |
| 1913 | 36 | #789 |
| 1912 | 34 | #735 |
| 1911 | 24 | #624 |
| 1910 | 29 | #524 |
| 1909 | 24 | #530 |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1901 | 14 | #536 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 16 | #481 |
| 1898 | 15 | #543 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 22 | #417 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 21 | #412 |
| 1893 | 20 | #401 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 18 | #434 |
| 1888 | 27 | #353 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 15 | #470 |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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