Tucker

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?

2024538 per million US babies
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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 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.

  • 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

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.