How rare is the name Tucker?

41,060 people in the United States have the first name Tucker, about 1 in 7,356. It ranks #1,027 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TUCKER

#1,027

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
41,060
About
1 in 7,356
This common or more
70.4%
Who bears it

Of the 41,060 people named Tucker, 92.3% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as two or more races and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tucker peaked in 2014, when 2,439 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18842025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
2,439
In 2025*
2,019 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 55,554 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Tucker by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #346. The largest share of babies named Tucker, 49.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,9395
1900s#4,6306
1910s#5,16965
1920s#6,39872
1930s#4,93492
1940s#4,401129
1950s#4,787143
1960s#4,386198
1970s#2,884526
1980s#1,6791,559
1990s#7347,099
2000s#52712,497
2010s#34621,397
2020s#35111,761
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–9610.3%
Generation Z 1997–1237.8%
2013 and later49.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Tucker is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tucker has been most common in Montana (3.3×), Idaho (3.3×), and New Hampshire (2.8×), and least common in New Mexico (0.2×).

52,829 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Also a last name

As a last name, Tucker ranks #160 of 156,621, with 160,581 people. See Tucker as a last name

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