How Many People Are Named Booker?
people named Booker are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 71,909 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,235 babies named Booker in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
294 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books". A famous bearer was Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), an African-American leader.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Booker in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Booker alive today is about 44 years old, and 43% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 8 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Booker first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1916, to 294 babies. In 2025, 180 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Booker has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #177, in 1910. In 2025 it ranked #1,160.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,160 |
| Best rank | #177 (1910) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #320 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Booker alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Booker were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 298 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Booker was given 9.4 times as often in Mississippi, 4.9 times in Alabama and 4.5 times in South Carolina.
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