# Booker (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/booker/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,235 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,230 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 5 | 5,071 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,381 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,961 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2,719 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,585 |
| 2015 | 54 | 2,387 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,257 |
| 2017 | 84 | 1,804 |
| 2018 | 82 | 1,838 |
| 2019 | 92 | 1,714 |
| 2020 | 96 | 1,659 |
| 2021 | 160 | 1,207 |
| 2022 | 171 | 1,186 |
| 2023 | 179 | 1,161 |
| 2024 | 152 | 1,290 |
| 2025 | 180 | 1,160 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |

## People named Booker

- Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)
- Booker T, American professional wrestler
- Booker T. Jones, American musician
- Booker Little, American jazz musician (1938–1961)
- Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (1930–1970)
- Booker Bradshaw, American actor
- Bukka White, American singer-songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.