Boomer
2025 SSA
About Boomer
This upbeat, friendly surname name has appeared on television's Battlestar Galactica a handful of cartoons, and on a literary note, a character in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Sports fans might think of Boomer Esiason, the NFL quarterback turned color commentator. He's not the only athlete to answer to the upbeat nickname.
But the reason the name makes the Nameberry database is Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, who chose the name for his son in 2016.
Boomer may have had a chance at mainstream baby name success, but it became a popular term for people of the Baby Boomer generation in the late 2010s. If you use the name for your child, expect a lot of "OK Boomer" jokes.
Pronounced BOO-mer.
As of October 2026, Boomer ranked #12301 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3389 in 2017.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,389 | 33 | 17.8 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Boomer on lists
Famous Boomers
- Boomer Robert Phelps
son of American swimmer Michael Phelps
Boomer in pop culture
- "Here's Boomer
" American adventure/drama TV series from the early 1980s about a dog named Boomer
- Boomer
character on Disney XD's "Pair Of Kings", twin brother of Brady
- Baby Boomers
the generation of people born during the post,WWII "baby boom"
- Boomer
a dog character in the video game "Far Cry 5"