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How popular is the name Turner?

Births per year, rank history and how many Turners are alive today.

Turner (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 4790th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2005, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2174th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2021, with 7 babies given the name that year.

The Turner you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old - or else around 20: the name has two living generations. Half of all Turners born in England and Wales are between 7 and 23, and there are at least 88 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Turner - on average, only one in every 3,444 such rooms contains a Turner.

How many babies are named Turner each year?

024620202005: 72012: 52018: 32019: 62020: 32021: 72022: 3actual

Where does Turner rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202005: ranked 2,1742012: ranked 3,4162018: ranked 4,7492019: ranked 3,0132020: ranked 4,6082021: ranked 2,7302022: ranked 4,790

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Turner per year in England and Wales, 2005 to 2022, peaking at about 7 in 2005
Turner: births per year in England and Wales, 2005-2022. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Turner most popular?

Turner peaked in 2005, when 7 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Turner?

At least 88 people named Turner born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Turner?

Most living Turners are between 7 and 23; the most common age is about 6. There is a second cluster around 20.

Is Turner becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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