The Boothe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,656 people carried this name — #4,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,215 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Boothe surname

As an English and Welsh surname

An early record he cites: Odo de la Boothe, 1291 — History of Norfolk (Blomefield and Parkin).

His entry covers Booth and Boothe.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 119 · public domain.

In print

Boothe in American newspapers,
1871–1910.

Newspaper page from The Garland Globe carrying the name Boothe
The Garland Globe 1910-11-26
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald-republican carrying the name Boothe
The Salt Lake Herald-republican 1910-11-25
Newspaper page from Iowa Voter carrying the name Boothe
Iowa Voter 1871-03-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,424 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boothe in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

807 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boothe. The most, 225, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 308
Queensland 148
Victoria 144
South Australia 92
Western Australia 68
Tasmania 25
ACT (Canberra) 9

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boothe.

Who carried it

People named Boothe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Clare Boothe Luce
    Clare Boothe Luce 1903–1987 · screenwriter
  • Stella Boothe Vail d. 1926 · nurse
  • Alice Steer d. 1933
  • John Boothe d. 1542
  • Thomas Boothe 1821–
  • Helvi Boothe 1904–1988 · nurse

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boothe,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States487 records

487 records of the Boothe name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 269
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 88
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 40
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 30
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Richard F. Boothe

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Atascosa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Glen E. Boothe

    Born 1930; from Tazewell County, Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alice Boothe

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool, aged 23; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 487 records for Boothe in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia36 records

36 records of the Boothe name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 18
  • Tasmanian Names Index 10
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Boothe

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Swallow, arriving 1836; ticket of leave 1845.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David Boothe

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Royal Charter, aged 2; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Margot Boothe

    Of Carnegie, Victoria; died 1998.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 36 records for Boothe in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Boothe name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 6
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Boothe

    Came to Ontario in 1871 aboard the Ottawa, landing at Quebec, bound for Malton, Ontario; Scotch.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Meleath Boothe

    Died 1942; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Boothe

    Died 1869 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Boothe in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands9 records

9 records of the Boothe name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 5
  • Dutch population registers 4
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catharina Boothe

    Died 1965 in Elst, aged 82.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gertrud Boothe

    Married in 1911 in Cuijk en Sint Agatha.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johann Boothe

    In the population register of Cuijk en Sint Agatha; born 1885.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Boothe in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Boothe name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Boothe

    From Recklinghausen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 20 September 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gerhard Boothe

    From Appeldorn, Cleve. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 23 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gerh Boothe

    Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 14 August 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 56).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Boothe name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gilbert Julien Joseph Boothe

    Born 1895 in Lambersart; died 1990 in Lomme (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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