# Tucker (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tucker/  
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 | /ˈtʌkɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tuck |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 55,554 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 55,150 / 404 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 135, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 10,342 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,381 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,725 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,284 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,410 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,952 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,785 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,571 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,687 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,902 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,242 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9,017 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,950 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,515 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,420 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,840 | 196 |
| 2012 | 2,044 | 185 |
| 2013 | 2,241 | 179 |
| 2014 | 2,422 | 176 |
| 2015 | 2,235 | 186 |
| 2016 | 2,311 | 173 |
| 2017 | 2,223 | 179 |
| 2018 | 2,171 | 183 |
| 2019 | 2,018 | 196 |
| 2020 | 2,013 | 191 |
| 2021 | 2,138 | 180 |
| 2022 | 1,934 | 197 |
| 2023 | 1,810 | 205 |
| 2024 | 1,785 | 200 |
| 2025 | 2,008 | 181 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Tucker

- Tucker Carlson, American conservative political commentator (born 1969)
- Tucker Albrizzi, American actor
- Tucker Knight, American professional wrestler
- Tucker Max, American Internet personality; blogger; author
- Tucker Smallwood, American actor
- Tucker Barnhart, American baseball player
- R. Tucker Abbott, American biologist (1919-1995)
- Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
- Tucker Smith, American actor, dancer, singer (1936-1988)
- Tucker West, American luger
- Tucker McGuire, British actress (1913–1988)
- Role Model, American singer-songwriter (born 1997)

## 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.