Name profile

Tucker

From an occupational surname for a cloth fuller, derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈtʌk.əɹ/; British English /ˈtʌk.ə/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#181

Meaning and history

From an occupational surname for a cloth fuller, derived from Old English tucian meaning “offend, torment,” Tucker referred to a person who cleaned and thickened raw cloth by pounding it.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 1,312 births, rank #262
2007: 1,464 births, rank #246
2008: 1,544 births, rank #238
2009: 1,612 births, rank #226
2010: 1,754 births, rank #204
20112011: 1,840 births, rank #196
2012: 2,044 births, rank #185
2013: 2,241 births, rank #179
2014: 2,422 births, rank #176
2015: 2,235 births, rank #186
20162016: 2,311 births, rank #173
2017: 2,223 births, rank #179
2018: 2,171 births, rank #183
2019: 2,018 births, rank #195
2020: 2,013 births, rank #191
20212021: 2,138 births, rank #180
2022: 1,934 births, rank #197
2023: 1,810 births, rank #205
2024: 1,785 births, rank #200
20252025: 2,008 births, rank #181

Tucker rose from #200 to #181 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2014, with 2,422 births.