Given name & surname
Tucker
“one who makes garments”
Tucker is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who makes garments.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who makes garments.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tucker through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55,554
- 55,150 boys · 404 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 2,439 babies
- 2025
- 2,019
- #181 for boys · #9,420 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,008 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 181 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,422 in 2014. It also appeared in 11 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (152). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 41,060 as a first name in 2020; 160,581 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tucker’s family of names
In English usage, Tucker has a diminutive in Tuck. Tucker has a related form in Toukere. Tucker has a related form in Tuck.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tucker
- Tucker CarlsonAmerican conservative political commentator (born 1969)
- Tucker AlbrizziAmerican actorborn 2000
- Tucker GatesTelevision director, television producerborn 2000
- TuckerAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1990
- Tucker MaxAmerican Internet personality; blogger; authorborn 1975
- Role ModelAmerican singerborn 1997
- Tucker BarnhartAmerican baseball playerborn 1991
- Tucker FredricksAmerican speed skaterborn 1984
- Tucker WestAmerican lugerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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