Tucker: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “cloth fuller”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- TUK-er · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
From an English occupational surname for a fuller, one who cleaned and thickened cloth. It later became a transferred given name.
How popular is Tucker?
Babies named Tucker in 20241,792
2024 rank#200 boys
Peak year2014
Total US babies since 188053,526
Tucker has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.
Names like Tucker
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Tucker questions
What does the name Tucker mean?
Tucker means "cloth fuller". It comes from English. From an English occupational surname for a fuller, one who cleaned and thickened cloth. It later became a transferred given name.
Is Tucker a boy or girl name?
Tucker is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Tucker?
1,792 US babies were named Tucker in 2024. Its peak year was 2014.
How do you pronounce Tucker?
Tucker is usually pronounced TUK-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.