Turner

“Occupational surname for someone who worked as a turner or tumbler” — English origin

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

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. It is also an American family name — about 349,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

Around the world: about 1 in 16,000 boys in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Turners

Turner Ashby — Confederate Army general (1828–1862)
Turner Layton — American musician (1894–1978)
Turner Stevenson — Canadian ice hockey player
Turner Ward — American baseball player
Turner Barber — American baseball player (1893–1968)

In stories & tradition

Turner D. Century — Earth-616
Turner — The Boy
Turner Swift — A Trip to Chinatown

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.

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

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