Turner

Meaning: Lathe worker, or tumbler
Origin: English surname

Boy's name · #1107 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Turner is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1888, when it ranked #358. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 10,000 boys since 1880, ranked #1107 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Turner is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Turner ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,804 in Canada (2025) · #4,790 in England & Wales (2022) · #3,900 in Ecuador (1958).

Famous Turners

Turner Ashby — Confederate cavalry officer of the American Civil War (1828–1862)
Turner Gill — American football coach and former player (born 1962)
Turner Layton — American singer, songwriter and pianist (1894–1978)
Turner Ward — American baseball player (born 1965)
Turner Stevenson — Canadian ice hockey player (born 1972)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 349,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Tina Turner — Singer-songwriter and actress (1939–2023)
J. M. W. Turner — English painter (1775–1851)
Sophie Turner — British actress (born 1996)

In stories & tradition

Turner D. Century — Marvel Comics supervillain
Turner Swift — A Trip to Chinatown (musical stage work)

What Turners become

Among 43 notable people named Turner:

Sports figures appear 1.66× more often than among typical names — e.g. Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1972).

Similar names: Wylie · Tucker · Ransom · Foster · Lester · Mercer

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