first name
TURNER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,751 people named Turner, 82.4% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. 94.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Turner peaked in 2019, when 263 babies got the name.
At least 10,386 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Turner by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #990. The largest share of babies named Turner, 29.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Turner is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Turner has been most common in Georgia (3.9×), North Carolina (3.8×), and Alabama (3.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.35×).
5,476 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Turner ranks #57 of 156,621, with 333,512 people. See Turner as a last name
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