Booker

Booker: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“scribe, book maker”
Origin
English
Say it
BUUK-er · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

An English occupational surname for a scribe, bookmaker, or someone involved with books. It is best known as a transferred surname-style given name.

How popular is Booker?

202446.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Booker in 2024152

2024 rank#1,287 boys

Peak year1910

Total US babies since 188012,055

Booker is rising: use over the last five years is 4.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Booker

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English
  • Graysonson of the steward · English

Booker questions

What does the name Booker mean?

Booker means "scribe, book maker". It comes from English. An English occupational surname for a scribe, bookmaker, or someone involved with books. It is best known as a transferred surname-style given name.

Is Booker a boy or girl name?

Booker is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Booker?

152 US babies were named Booker in 2024. Its peak year was 1910.

How do you pronounce Booker?

Booker is usually pronounced BUUK-er.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.