Turner
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #1,097 for boys in 2025, 195 births
Given to boys 96.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,989since 1880
Turner over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Turner has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #1,097 | 195 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | #1,005 | 223 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #1,066 | 203 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #1,180 | 173 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #937 | 241 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #1,002 | 211 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #889 | 246 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #890 | 243 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #1,003 | 202 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #911 | 236 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #918 | 233 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #938 | 224 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #894 | 233 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #962 | 209 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #915 | 220 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #1,098 | 175 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,039 | 184 |
| 2008 | — | #974 | 205 | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #943 | 210 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,016 | 181 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,070 | 155 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #909 | 188 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,016 | 155 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #924 | 173 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #837 | 194 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #899 | 173 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #790 | 194 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #818 | 183 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #841 | 170 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #832 | 172 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #913 | 147 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #897 | 147 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,138 | 98 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #1,142 | 93 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,273 | 77 |
| 1990 | — | #1,226 | 80 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,516 | 54 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,553 | 47 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,534 | 46 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,476 | 46 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,416 | 48 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,556 | 39 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,687 | 34 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,459 | 16 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,580 | 24 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,778 | 21 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,581 | 26 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,362 | 32 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,361 | 31 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,091 | 45 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,185 | 36 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,079 | 43 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,148 | 40 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,187 | 33 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #916 | 46 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,194 | 31 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,126 | 36 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #928 | 52 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,041 | 44 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,028 | 46 | |
| 1926 | — | #902 | 55 | |
| 1925 | — | #858 | 60 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,045 | 46 | |
| 1923 | — | #930 | 54 | |
| 1922 | — | #765 | 75 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #780 | 74 |
| 1920 | — | #826 | 66 | |
| 1919 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1918 | — | #692 | 82 | |
| 1917 | — | #761 | 68 | |
| 1916 | — | #734 | 68 | |
| 1915 | — | #715 | 68 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #789 | 36 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #524 | 29 | |
| 1909 | — | #530 | 24 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #417 | 22 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #412 | 21 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #525 | 15 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Turner was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.
Where Turner is popular in 1899
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Turner
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 92 spots since 2024 (#1,005 → #1,097)
- 95 spots since 2020 (#1,002 → #1,097)
- 179 spots since 2015 (#918 → #1,097)
- Biggest jump: 421 spots in 1939 (#1,337 → #916)
- Biggest drop: 292 spots in 1940 (#916 → #1,208)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #353 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1923
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,476
- Highest: 1 in 4,476 boys born in 1888 were named Turner (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,759 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 22.2% of all boys named Turner (2,221) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 153 | #353 (1888) | #484 |
| 1890s | 165 | #401 (1893) | #487 |
| 1900s | 180 | #426 (1902) | #562 |
| 1910s | 515 | #524 (1910) | #720 |
| 1920s | 569 | #765 (1922) | #914 |
| 1930s | 374 | #916 (1939) | #1,094 |
| 1940s | 343 | #1,039 (1945) | #1,193 |
| 1950s | 319 | #1,091 (1953) | #1,384 |
| 1960s | 213 | #1,580 (1966) | #1,752 |
| 1970s | 136 | #2,126 (1971) | #2,851 |
| 1980s | 376 | #1,416 (1985) | #1,870 |
| 1990s | 1,361 | #790 (1999) | #987 |
| 2000s | 1,818 | #837 (2001) | #963 |
| 2010s | 2,221 | #889 (2019) | #942 |
| 2020s | 1,246 | #937 (2021) | #1,048 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Turner in 1899
boys
#481
16 births · 1 in 6,638 boys
Top boys' names in 1899
More about 1899
boys
106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 6,638 of them was named Turner, which outranked 59.9% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).