Fun Facts About the Name Decker
- More than 2 thousand babies named Decker: U.S. records list 2,968 babies given the name Decker from 1880 through 2025. Even 126 girls received the name Decker - about 1 girl for every 23 boys.
What Does the Name Decker Mean?
Decker is an occupational name meaning "roofer" or "thatcher," from German and Dutch. It comes from verbs meaning "to cover" - modern German decken and Dutch dekken - and in German the fuller term Dachdecker still means "roofer." The Dutch surname is usually spelled Dekker; Decker is the German spelling and also an English surname. The literal occupation was someone who covered roofs with tiles, slate, or thatch, not a builder of modern wooden decks.
Decker Name History & Origins
The surname developed in medieval northern Europe from that occupation. In German-speaking areas, the compound Dachdecker remains the ordinary word for a roofer, while Decker was the shorter surname form. In the Netherlands, the Dutch spelling Dekker became common. Dutch and German families brought both forms to English-speaking countries, where Decker became the usual spelling.
As a first name, Decker is a transferred use of the surname. It does not have a separate medieval given-name tradition; its use as a personal name belongs to the later English-language practice of turning surnames into first names. Its meaning as a given name therefore remains the occupational sense of the surname.
How Popular is the Name Decker?
Decker recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2022. Its best rank was #988 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,220 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #12,448 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #8,157 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #5,824 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #7,724 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #9,085 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #7,449 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #8,260 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #11,921 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #9,025 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #17,223 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,501 | 117 | 0.0068% |
| 2024 | #1,185 | 174 | 0.0101% |
| 2023 | #1,155 | 180 | 0.0105% |
| 2022 | #1,017 | 219 | 0.0126% |
| 2021 | #1,060 | 202 | 0.0116% |
| 2020 | #1,013 | 205 | 0.0119% |
| 2019 | #1,042 | 198 | 0.0110% |
| 2018 | #988 | 210 | 0.0116% |
| 2017 | #998 | 203 | 0.0110% |
| 2016 | #1,013 | 200 | 0.0105% |
| 2015 | #1,080 | 182 | 0.0095% |
| 2014 | #1,075 | 180 | 0.0094% |
| 2013 | #1,767 | 82 | 0.0043% |
| 2012 | #1,967 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2011 | #3,122 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #3,476 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #3,653 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #3,578 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2007 | #3,807 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #5,586 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #4,228 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #4,300 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #5,093 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #4,547 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #5,194 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #2,932 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #4,582 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #6,440 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #3,628 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #4,673 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #6,531 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #4,592 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #4,068 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #4,377 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #4,053 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #4,023 | 14 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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