Tucker
Top 1000
About Tucker
Tucker has more spunk than most last-name-first-names, and also a positive, comforting ("Tuck me in, Mommy") feel.
Tucker got something of a preppy image via bow-tied conservative TV commentator Tucker Carlson, and quite the opposite from writer/blogger Tucker Max, author of the #1 best-seller I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Tucker Crowe is a character in the Nick Hornby novel Juliet, Naked.
As of October 2026, Tucker ranked #181 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #173 in 2016, Nameberry popularity #231.
Editor's take: The name Tucker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "fabric pleater".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #176 | 2,422 | 1,260.9 |
| 2015 | #186 | 2,234 | 1,165.5 |
| 2016 | #173 | 2,311 | 1,217.8 |
| 2017 | #179 | 2,221 | 1,199.9 |
| 2018 | #183 | 2,171 | 1,195.4 |
| 2019 | #196 | 2,018 | 1,124.7 |
| 2020 | #191 | 2,013 | 1,166.2 |
| 2021 | #180 | 2,138 | 1,222.1 |
| 2022 | #197 | 1,933 | 1,107.1 |
| 2023 | #205 | 1,807 | 1,056.4 |
| 2024 | #200 | 1,781 | 1,033.7 |
| 2025 | #181 | 2,008 | 1,175.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Tuckers
- Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson
American political commentator
- Tucker Max
American blogger and author
- Ivan Charles "Tucker" Frederickson
American NFL football player
- Thomas William "Tucker" Smith
American actor/dancer
- Tucker West
American Olympic luger
- Tucker Fredricks
American Olympic speed skater
- Tucker Gates
American TV director
- Thomas Steven "Tucker" Ashford
American baseball player
- Tucker Reed
American novelist
- Tucker Quayle (b 1976)
son of former U.S. VP Dan Quayle
- Tucker Dee Chapman (b. 1983)
son of bounty hunter and TV personality Duane "Dog" Chapman
- Tucker Wadkins
son of golfer Lanny Wadkins
- Tucker Bush (b. 2006)
son of musician Kristian Bush of Sugarland
- Tucker Edward Markakis (b. 2010)
son of baseball player Nick Markakis
- Tucker McFadden Wilkerson (b. 2012)
son of actress Melissa Joan Hart
Tucker in pop culture
- Dallas Tucker Winston
character in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders"
- William George Bailey Jones "Tucker"
character in Grey's Anatomy
- Tucker McCall
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Tucker Dobbs
character on TV's "Baby Daddy"
- Tucker "Tuck" James
main character on TV's "FlashForward"
- Tucker Jones
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Tucker Jenkins
character on British TV's "Grange Hill" and "Tucker's Luck"
- Tucker Crowe
character in "Juliet, Naked" by Nick Hornby
- Tucker
character in web series "Red vs Blue"
- Tucker Foley
character in animated series "Danny Phantom"
- "John Tucker Must Die
" 2006 movie
- "Little Tommy Tucker
" nursery rhyme
- George Tucker
character on TV's "Hart of Dixie"