Booker

Where Booker comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Booker.

Booker through the years
  1. 1856
    Booker T. Washington born
    African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1910
    Peak, #177
    159 babies named Booker, its best rank.
  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

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

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.