Booker

Where Booker comes from

Booker hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1856
    Booker T. Washington born
    African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1910
    Peak, #177
    159 babies named Booker — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #940.
  5. 1965
    Booker T born
    American professional wrestler
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Booker T. Washington · African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor, 1856–1915
  • Booker T · American professional wrestler, born 1965
  • Booker T. Jones · American musician, born 1944
  • Booker Little · American jazz musician, 1938–1961
  • Booker Ervin · American saxophonist, 1930–1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.