Booker is an established boys' name that peaked in 1916 and has grown less common since.
Booker is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,160 for boy births in the United States (and #2,369 across all names), given to 180 babies. Booker was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1916 (294 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 180 | 180 | — | #1,160 |
| 2024 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,290 |
| 2023 | 179 | 179 | — | #1,161 |
| 2022 | 171 | 171 | — | #1,186 |
| 2021 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,207 |
| 2020 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,659 |
| 2019 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,714 |
| 2018 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,838 |
| 2017 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,257 |
| 2015 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,387 |
| 2014 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,585 |
| 2013 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,719 |
| 2012 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,961 |
| 2011 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,381 |
| 2010 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,542 |
| 2009 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,176 |
| 2008 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,559 |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,517 |
| 2006 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,115 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,492 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,528 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,441 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,432 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,504 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,226 |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,598 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | — | #4,673 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | — | #3,463 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | — | #3,308 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | — | #3,568 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | — | #3,765 |
| 1993 | 24 | — | — | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | — | #2,914 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | — | #2,551 |
| 1990 | 32 | — | — | #2,219 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | — | #2,701 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | — | #2,091 |
| 1987 | 31 | — | — | #1,980 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | — | #2,609 |
| 1985 | 32 | — | — | #1,837 |
| 1984 | 25 | — | — | #2,104 |
| 1983 | 24 | — | — | #2,146 |
| 1982 | 30 | — | — | #1,857 |
| 1981 | 36 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1980 | 44 | — | — | #1,434 |
| 1979 | 45 | — | — | #1,392 |
| 1978 | 32 | — | — | #1,692 |
| 1977 | 34 | — | — | #1,610 |
| 1976 | 39 | — | — | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 39 | — | — | #1,412 |
| 1974 | 39 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1972 | 41 | — | — | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 51 | — | — | #1,151 |
| 1970 | 63 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1969 | 45 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1968 | 48 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1967 | 52 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1966 | 53 | — | — | #998 |
| 1965 | 65 | — | — | #921 |
| 1964 | 77 | — | — | #868 |
| 1963 | 62 | — | — | #956 |
| 1962 | 78 | — | — | #856 |
| 1961 | 69 | — | — | #917 |
| 1960 | 65 | — | — | #941 |
| 1959 | 89 | — | — | #809 |
| 1958 | 97 | — | — | #747 |
| 1957 | 110 | — | — | #711 |
| 1956 | 115 | — | — | #688 |
| 1955 | 125 | — | — | #656 |
| 1954 | 93 | — | — | #742 |
| 1953 | 140 | — | — | #613 |
| 1952 | 138 | — | — | #599 |
| 1951 | 135 | — | — | #598 |
| 1950 | 145 | — | — | #561 |
| 1949 | 167 | — | — | #517 |
| 1948 | 147 | — | — | #552 |
| 1947 | 160 | — | — | #532 |
| 1946 | 156 | — | — | #513 |
| 1945 | 135 | — | — | #517 |
| 1944 | 153 | — | — | #492 |
| 1943 | 168 | — | — | #478 |
| 1942 | 161 | — | — | #482 |
| 1941 | 145 | — | — | #489 |
| 1940 | 156 | — | — | #462 |
| 1939 | 148 | — | — | #471 |
| 1938 | 167 | — | — | #447 |
| 1937 | 135 | — | — | #493 |
| 1936 | 149 | — | — | #463 |
| 1935 | 130 | — | — | #502 |
| 1934 | 164 | — | — | #441 |
| 1933 | 147 | — | — | #454 |
| 1932 | 153 | — | — | #465 |
| 1931 | 148 | — | — | #463 |
| 1930 | 201 | — | — | #415 |
| 1929 | 155 | — | — | #473 |
| 1928 | 169 | — | — | #468 |
| 1927 | 177 | — | — | #461 |
| 1926 | 164 | — | — | #471 |
| 1925 | 170 | — | #5,071 | #468 |
| 1924 | 181 | — | — | #455 |
| 1923 | 185 | — | — | #449 |
| 1922 | 198 | — | — | #429 |
| 1921 | 179 | — | — | #458 |
| 1920 | 196 | — | — | #427 |
| 1919 | 215 | — | — | #398 |
| 1918 | 238 | — | — | #389 |
| 1917 | 233 | — | — | #364 |
| 1916 | 294 | — | — | #303 |
| 1915 | 272 | — | — | #312 |
| 1914 | 218 | — | — | #306 |
| 1913 | 151 | — | — | #331 |
| 1912 | 161 | — | — | #282 |
| 1911 | 110 | — | — | #241 |
| 1910 | 159 | — | — | #177 |
| 1909 | 101 | — | — | #213 |
| 1908 | 111 | — | — | #190 |
| 1907 | 100 | — | — | #196 |
| 1906 | 95 | — | — | #190 |
| 1905 | 93 | — | — | #191 |
| 1904 | 93 | — | — | #191 |
| 1903 | 80 | — | — | #197 |
| 1902 | 61 | — | — | #232 |
| 1901 | 29 | — | — | #336 |
| 1900 | 46 | — | — | #307 |
| 1899 | 20 | — | — | #415 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #524 |
| 1897 | 15 | — | — | #517 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #832 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,098 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #988 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #862 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #957 |