Tucker
Tucker is ranked 200th among boys in 2024 (1,781 births). Its best rank was 173rd, in 2016.
- Rank in 2024
- #200up 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,7810.10% of boys
- Peak year
- 20142,422 births
- Best rank
- #173in 2016
- Since 1884
- 53,133people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,133 boys have been named Tucker in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 2,422 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 176 → 200).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 40%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Tucker | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 65 | |
| 1920s | 72 | |
| 1930s | 92 | |
| 1940s | 130 | |
| 1950s | 143 | |
| 1960s | 198 | |
| 1970s | 527 | |
| 1980s | 1,553 | |
| 1990s | 7,020 | |
| 2000s | 12,390 | |
| 2010s | 21,255 | |
| 2020s | 9,672 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Tucker was the 176th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Tucker
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Koltonpeak 2012
- Abielpeak 2024
- Zakariapeak 2017
- Ilyapeak 2018
- Lukaspeak 2019
- Mikailpeak 2016
- Abdullahpeak 2014
- Farespeak 2012
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.