How popular is the name Booker?

Booker ranks 959th among boys' names in US records, with 12,055 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,129.

Is Booker a unisex name?

No. Booker is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1916, when 294 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#959 of boy names

Pronounced B UH1 K ER0 (ARPABET)

Booker is a boys' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 12,055 children — the 959th most common boys' name on record.

It peaked in 1916, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1916, when 294 children were given it.

1916Boys: 294Girls: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Booker?: Booker ranks 959th among boys' names in US records, with 12,055 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,129.
Is Booker a unisex name?: No. Booker is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Booker most popular?: 1916, when 294 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.