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Booker Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Booker?

The rare name Booker was the 1,823rd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

Booker, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #177 in 1910.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1916 with 294 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Booker was less than 5, most recently in 1893.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Booker occurred roughly during the years 1894-1904, 1907-1910, 1911-1915, 2002-2006, and 2007-2017.

Where is the name Booker popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

Booker's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Booker for their newborn has risen.

The name Booker is quite distinctive but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Booker (Girl)Booker (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 82 1,823
2017 < 5 -- 83 1,804
2016 < 5 -- 59 2,253
2015 < 5 -- 54 2,384
2014 < 5 -- 47 2,583
2013 < 5 -- 43 2,716
2012 < 5 -- 39 2,959
2011 < 5 -- 22 4,377
2010 < 5 -- 30 3,538
2009 < 5 -- 24 4,169
2008 < 5 -- 21 4,558
2007 < 5 -- 21 4,513
2006 < 5 -- 23 4,110
2005 < 5 -- 19 4,486
2004 < 5 -- 14 5,526
2003 < 5 -- 18 4,441
2002 < 5 -- 13 5,427
2001 < 5 -- 17 4,501
2000 < 5 -- 18 4,223
1999 < 5 -- 21 3,595
1998 < 5 -- 14 4,669
1997 < 5 -- 20 3,464
1996 < 5 -- 21 3,307
1995 < 5 -- 18 3,568
1994 < 5 -- 17 3,764
1993 < 5 -- 24 2,876
1992 < 5 -- 23 2,913
1991 < 5 -- 27 2,551
1990 < 5 -- 32 2,217
1989 < 5 -- 23 2,701
1988 < 5 -- 30 2,089
1987 < 5 -- 30 2,022
1986 < 5 -- 20 2,609
1985 < 5 -- 32 1,836
1984 < 5 -- 25 2,105
1983 < 5 -- 24 2,144
1982 < 5 -- 30 1,853
1981 < 5 -- 36 1,635
1980 < 5 -- 44 1,434
1979 < 5 -- 46 1,373
1978 < 5 -- 32 1,692
1977 < 5 -- 34 1,610
1976 < 5 -- 39 1,427
1975 < 5 -- 39 1,412
1974 < 5 -- 39 1,372
1973 < 5 -- 42 1,271
1972 < 5 -- 41 1,307
1971 < 5 -- 51 1,151
1970 < 5 -- 63 1,025
1969 < 5 -- 45 1,172
1968 < 5 -- 48 1,070
1967 < 5 -- 52 1,003
1966 < 5 -- 53 998
1965 < 5 -- 65 920
1964 < 5 -- 77 869
1963 < 5 -- 62 954
1962 < 5 -- 78 856
1961 < 5 -- 69 920
1960 < 5 -- 65 939
1959 < 5 -- 89 810
1958 < 5 -- 97 750
1957 < 5 -- 109 716
1956 < 5 -- 116 688
1955 < 5 -- 125 655
1954 < 5 -- 93 743
1953 < 5 -- 140 614
1952 < 5 -- 138 599
1951 < 5 -- 135 598
1950 < 5 -- 145 561
1949 < 5 -- 167 517
1948 < 5 -- 147 552
1947 < 5 -- 159 533
1946 < 5 -- 156 513
1945 < 5 -- 135 517
1944 < 5 -- 153 492
1943 < 5 -- 168 478
1942 < 5 -- 161 482
1941 < 5 -- 145 488
1940 < 5 -- 156 462
1939 < 5 -- 148 471
1938 < 5 -- 167 447
1937 < 5 -- 134 495
1936 < 5 -- 149 462
1935 < 5 -- 130 502
1934 < 5 -- 164 440
1933 < 5 -- 147 454
1932 < 5 -- 153 465
1931 < 5 -- 148 463
1930 < 5 -- 201 415
1929 < 5 -- 156 471
1928 < 5 -- 169 468
1927 < 5 -- 176 461
1926 < 5 -- 164 471
1925 5 5,071 165 469
1924 < 5 -- 181 455
1923 < 5 -- 185 449
1922 < 5 -- 198 429
1921 < 5 -- 179 458
1920 < 5 -- 195 429
1919 < 5 -- 215 398
1918 < 5 -- 238 389
1917 < 5 -- 233 364
1916 < 5 -- 294 303
1915 < 5 -- 272 312
1914 < 5 -- 218 306
1913 < 5 -- 151 331
1912 < 5 -- 161 282
1911 < 5 -- 110 241
1910 < 5 -- 159 177
1909 < 5 -- 101 213
1908 < 5 -- 111 190
1907 < 5 -- 100 196
1906 < 5 -- 95 190
1905 < 5 -- 93 191
1904 < 5 -- 93 191
1903 < 5 -- 80 197
1902 < 5 -- 61 232
1901 < 5 -- 29 336
1900 < 5 -- 46 307
1899 < 5 -- 20 415
1898 < 5 -- 16 524
1897 < 5 -- 15 517
1896 < 5 -- 8 832
1895 < 5 -- 5 1,098
1894 < 5 -- 5 1,097
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- 5 1,084
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- 5 1,021
1889 < 5 -- 5 988
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- 6 862
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- 5 957
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.