Tucker
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Tucker
Tucker has more spunk than most last-name-first-names, and also a positive, comforting ("Tuck me in, Mommy") feel.
Tucker for boys#181 US
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.
Tucker for girls#9420 US
Tucker is used far more often as a boy name and has ranked as such in the US Top 1000 since the late 1970s. However, it has also been given to a small but consistent number of girls each year since the mid 90s. Chosen for 11 girls in 2024, compared to more than 1700 boys, Tucker might also work as a fun, boyish-nickname for the likes of Octavia or Tallulah, in the same way Flick might be used for Felicity or Max for Matilda.
The name is considered an occupational surname, borne by someone who cleaned and thickened raw cloth and who pleated fabric.
Pronounced TUK-ur.
As of October 2026, Tucker ranked #181 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #173 in 2016.
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
Tucker for boys
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Tucker on lists
Famous Tuckers
- Tucker Swanson McNear CarlsonBoy
American political commentator
- Tucker MaxBoy
American blogger and author
- Ivan Charles "Tucker" FredericksonBoy
American NFL football player
- Thomas William "Tucker" SmithBoy
American actor/dancer
- Tucker WestBoy
American Olympic luger
- Tucker FredricksBoy
American Olympic speed skater
- Tucker GatesBoy
American TV director
- Thomas Steven "Tucker" AshfordBoy
American baseball player
- Tucker ReedBoy
American novelist
- Tucker Quayle (b 1976)Boy
son of former U.S. VP Dan Quayle
- Tucker Dee Chapman (b. 1983)Boy
son of bounty hunter and TV personality Duane "Dog" Chapman
- Tucker WadkinsBoy
son of golfer Lanny Wadkins
- Tucker Bush (b. 2006)Boy
son of musician Kristian Bush of Sugarland
- Tucker Edward Markakis (b. 2010)Boy
son of baseball player Nick Markakis
- Tucker McFadden Wilkerson (b. 2012)Boy
son of actress Melissa Joan Hart
Tucker in pop culture
- Dallas Tucker WinstonBoy
character in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders"
- William George Bailey Jones "Tucker"Boy
character in Grey's Anatomy
- Tucker McCallBoy
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Tucker DobbsBoy
character on TV's "Baby Daddy"
- Tucker "Tuck" JamesBoy
main character on TV's "FlashForward"
- Tucker JonesBoy
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Tucker JenkinsBoy
character on British TV's "Grange Hill" and "Tucker's Luck"
- Tucker CroweBoy
character in "Juliet, Naked" by Nick Hornby
- TuckerBoy
character in web series "Red vs Blue"
- Tucker FoleyBoy
character in animated series "Danny Phantom"
- "John Tucker Must DieBoy
" 2006 movie
- "Little Tommy TuckerBoy
" nursery rhyme
- George TuckerBoy
character on TV's "Hart of Dixie"