Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Booker

#1,048 most common boys' name of all time · #2,487 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,048
Rank overall
#2,487 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
12,235
Since 2016
1,255
Peak year
1916 #304
Best rank
#179 1910
Girls Boys peak 294/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Booker first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 180 180 #1,160
2024 — 152 152 #1,291
2023 — 179 179 #1,161
2022 — 171 171 #1,186
2021 — 160 160 #1,208
2020 — 96 96 #1,657
2019 — 92 92 #1,714
2018 — 82 82 #1,841
2017 — 84 84 #1,804
2016 — 59 59 #2,262
2015 — 54 54 #2,387
2014 — 47 47 #2,586
2013 — 43 43 #2,718
2012 — 39 39 #2,955
2011 — 22 22 #4,362
2010 — 30 30 #3,543
2009 — 24 24 #4,167
2008 — 21 21 #4,546
2007 — 21 21 #4,501
2006 — 23 23 #4,112
2005 — 19 19 #4,475
2004 — 14 14 #5,508
2003 — 18 18 #4,441
2002 — 13 13 #5,413
2001 — 17 17 #4,487
2000 — 18 18 #4,216
1999 — 21 21 #3,599
1998 — 14 14 #4,666
1997 — 20 20 #3,466
1996 — 21 21 #3,299
1995 — 18 18 #3,564
1994 — 17 17 #3,768
1993 — 24 24 #2,874
1992 — 23 23 #2,919
1991 — 27 27 #2,551
1990 — 32 32 #2,216
1989 — 23 23 #2,703
1988 — 30 30 #2,095
1987 — 31 31 #1,981
1986 — 20 20 #2,610
1985 — 32 32 #1,839
1984 — 25 25 #2,110
1983 — 24 24 #2,154
1982 — 30 30 #1,858
1981 — 36 36 #1,633
1980 — 44 44 #1,437
1979 — 45 45 #1,392
1978 — 32 32 #1,694
1977 — 34 34 #1,616
1976 — 39 39 #1,434
1975 — 39 39 #1,410
1974 — 39 39 #1,373
1973 — 42 42 #1,276
1972 — 41 41 #1,314
1971 — 51 51 #1,150
1970 — 63 63 #1,024
1969 — 45 45 #1,175
1968 — 48 48 #1,075
1967 — 52 52 #1,011
1966 — 53 53 #1,000
1965 — 65 65 #922
1964 — 77 77 #870
1963 — 62 62 #956
1962 — 78 78 #858
1961 — 69 69 #921
1960 — 65 65 #943
1959 — 89 89 #811
1958 — 97 97 #752
1957 — 110 110 #711
1956 — 115 115 #690
1955 — 125 125 #657
1954 — 93 93 #743
1953 — 140 140 #614
1952 — 138 138 #600
1951 — 135 135 #600
1950 — 145 145 #561
1949 — 167 167 #519
1948 — 147 147 #552
1947 — 160 160 #533
1946 — 156 156 #513
1945 — 135 135 #517
1944 — 153 153 #493
1943 — 168 168 #478
1942 — 161 161 #483
1941 — 145 145 #489
1940 — 156 156 #463
1939 — 148 148 #471
1938 — 167 167 #448
1937 — 135 135 #493
1936 — 149 149 #463
1935 — 130 130 #503
1934 — 164 164 #442
1933 — 147 147 #454
1932 — 153 153 #467
1931 — 148 148 #466
1930 — 201 201 #415
1929 — 155 155 #473
1928 — 169 169 #470
1927 — 177 177 #461
1926 — 164 164 #471
1925 5 165 170 #471
1924 — 181 181 #456
1923 — 185 185 #452
1922 — 198 198 #429
1921 — 179 179 #460
1920 — 196 196 #429
1919 — 215 215 #398
1918 — 238 238 #389
1917 — 233 233 #364
1916 — 294 294 #304
1915 — 272 272 #314
1914 — 218 218 #306
1913 — 151 151 #332
1912 — 161 161 #282
1911 — 110 110 #244
1910 — 159 159 #179
1909 — 101 101 #214
1908 — 111 111 #191
1907 — 100 100 #196
1906 — 95 95 #191
1905 — 93 93 #192
1904 — 93 93 #192
1903 — 80 80 #197
1902 — 61 61 #233
1901 — 29 29 #346
1900 — 46 46 #311
1899 — 20 20 #423
1898 — 16 16 #541
1897 — 15 15 #551
1896 — 8 8 #879
1895 — 5 5 #1,166
1894 — 5 5 #1,156
1892 — 5 5 #1,169
1890 — 5 5 #1,094
1889 — 5 5 #1,060
1884 — 6 6 #942
1882 — 5 5 #1,032