Is Booker a boy or girl name?
Booker is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 152 boys were named Booker, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0% of the 12,055 US babies named Booker were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,286
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Booker since 1882
- 12,055
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 294 babies
Boys and girls named Booker, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 79 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 809 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 2,051 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 1,769 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 1930s | 1,542 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 1,548 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 1,187 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 614 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 425 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 295 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 217 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 188 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 552 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 758 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 152 | #1,286 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 179 | #1,160 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 171 | #1,186 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 160 | #1,206 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,658 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 92 | #1,714 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 84 | #1,804 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,257 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,387 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,585 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,719 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,961 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,380 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,541 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,176 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,558 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,516 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,114 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,491 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,528 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,441 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,431 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,504 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,226 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,597 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,673 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,463 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,308 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,568 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,764 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,876 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,914 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,551 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,219 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,702 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,091 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,980 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,609 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,837 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,104 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,146 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,856 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,635 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,434 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,392 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,692 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,610 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,411 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,372 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,271 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,307 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,151 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,024 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,171 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,069 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,004 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 53 | #998 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 65 | #921 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 77 | #868 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 62 | #956 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 78 | #856 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 69 | #919 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 65 | #941 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 89 | #809 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 97 | #747 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 110 | #711 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 115 | #688 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 125 | #656 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 93 | #742 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 140 | #613 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 138 | #599 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 135 | #598 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 145 | #561 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 167 | #517 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 147 | #552 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 160 | #532 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 156 | #513 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 135 | #517 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 153 | #492 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 168 | #478 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 161 | #482 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 145 | #489 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 156 | #462 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 148 | #471 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 167 | #447 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 135 | #493 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 149 | #463 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 130 | #502 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 164 | #441 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 147 | #454 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 153 | #465 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 148 | #463 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 201 | #415 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 155 | #473 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 169 | #468 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 177 | #461 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 164 | #471 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 165 | #468 | 5 | #5,071 |
| 1924 | 181 | #455 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 185 | #449 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 198 | #429 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 179 | #458 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 196 | #427 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 215 | #398 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 238 | #389 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 233 | #364 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 294 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 272 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 218 | #306 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 151 | #331 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 161 | #282 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 110 | #241 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 159 | #177 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 101 | #213 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 111 | #190 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 100 | #196 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 95 | #190 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 93 | #191 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 93 | #191 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 80 | #197 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 61 | #232 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 29 | #336 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 46 | #307 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 20 | #415 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 16 | #524 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 15 | #517 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 8 | #832 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,098 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,097 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,084 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,021 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #988 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #862 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #957 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Booker reached #177 in 1910. As a girl name, it reached #5,071 in 1925. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Booker
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.