This article examines the historical transformation of naming culture in Turkish society through Pitirim Sorokin’s cultural typology. Sorokin’s sensate, idealistic, and ideational cultural types offer a significant theoretical framework for understanding how social values, symbols, and meaning systems change over time. Naming traditions among Turks have historically served not only as personal identifiers but also as cultural, religious, and ideological markers. During the Ottoman period, religious and traditional themes predominated. Following the foundation of the Republic, processes of modernization and Westernization led to the increasing influence of sensate culture, spreading secular and Western-oriented names. In recent decades, popular culture—particularly television series, social media, and celebrity culture—has shaped newborn naming trends. Conversely, there has also been a resurgence of traditional and religious names in some communities. Drawing on TUIK statistics (2018–2025) and relevant scholarly literature, this study analyzes the multilayered transformation of Turkish naming culture and relates it to Sorokin’s cultural theory.