How Many People Are Named Booker?
An estimated 5,013 people in the United States have the first name Booker. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 51 years old, and Booker peaked in popularity in 1916 with 294 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Booker as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Booker paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
5,013
About 1 in 68,373 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
51
years old
Peak Year
1916
294 births
Total Registered
12,055
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Booker
Booker is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 12,055 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Booker as a male name
Ranked #1,286 in 2024
152 male births in 2024
Peak: 1916 (294 births)
Booker as a female name
Ranked #5,071 in 1925
5 female births in 1925
Peak: 1925 (5 births)
Booker: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Booker span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1910s, when 2,051 babies were registered. While Booker is less common than at its peak in the 1910s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Booker by Decade
How has Booker tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Booker by State
Birth registrations for Booker span all 31 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Mississippi, Alabama, Texas. The lowest are in Oregon, New Jersey, Kansas. On average, about 255 Bookers were registered per state.
Booker + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Booker as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Booker
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Booker: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Booker?
We estimate approximately 5,013 people named Booker are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 68,373 Americans share this first name.
Is Booker a common name?
Booker is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 12,055 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Booker most popular?
Booker reached peak popularity in 1916, when 294 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Booker is approximately 51 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Booker a male name?
Booker is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Booker Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Booker Smith, Booker Johnson, Booker Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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