Walker
#1,942 for girls in 2025, 99 births · #78 for boys in 2025, 4,204 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 4,250 births
- Debut · boys
- 29 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 47,914since 1880
Walker over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 99 | #78 | 4,204 |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | #82 | 4,033 |
| 2023 | #1,699 | 121 | #85 | 4,018 |
| 2022 | #1,422 | 158 | #78 | 4,250 |
| 2021 | #1,680 | 123 | #130 | 2,868 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | #206 | 1,861 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | #230 | 1,638 |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 | #266 | 1,343 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 | #315 | 1,100 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #331 | 1,048 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #340 | 1,010 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | #326 | 1,046 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #369 | 840 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #410 | 707 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #417 | 676 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #426 | 649 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #462 | 589 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #494 | 554 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #460 | 601 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #413 | 696 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #369 | 803 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #380 | 722 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #412 | 625 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #406 | 622 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #399 | 629 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #426 | 578 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #434 | 535 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #427 | 542 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #426 | 536 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #446 | 504 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #480 | 450 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #533 | 369 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #646 | 255 |
| 1992 | — | #736 | 197 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #774 | 176 |
| 1990 | — | #842 | 148 | |
| 1989 | — | #891 | 128 | |
| 1988 | — | #970 | 99 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,047 | 83 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,028 | 81 | |
| 1985 | — | #975 | 87 | |
| 1984 | — | #951 | 86 | |
| 1983 | — | #987 | 80 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,088 | 70 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,169 | 62 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,176 | 60 |
| 1979 | — | #1,260 | 53 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,326 | 47 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,019 | 71 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,084 | 60 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,065 | 61 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,129 | 52 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,199 | 47 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,339 | 33 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,312 | 33 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,149 | 42 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,189 | 41 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,350 | 34 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,238 | 39 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,121 | 49 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,382 | 33 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,034 | 55 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,040 | 54 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,032 | 53 | |
| 1955 | — | #957 | 61 | |
| 1954 | — | #908 | 66 | |
| 1953 | — | #959 | 56 | |
| 1952 | — | #863 | 66 | |
| 1951 | — | #830 | 72 | |
| 1950 | — | #934 | 54 | |
| 1949 | — | #782 | 77 | |
| 1948 | — | #891 | 59 | |
| 1947 | — | #794 | 75 | |
| 1946 | — | #753 | 77 | |
| 1945 | — | #728 | 71 | |
| 1944 | — | #697 | 80 | |
| 1943 | — | #773 | 71 | |
| 1942 | — | #755 | 72 | |
| 1941 | — | #770 | 65 | |
| 1940 | — | #711 | 73 | |
| 1939 | — | #805 | 57 | |
| 1938 | — | #799 | 60 | |
| 1937 | — | #650 | 83 | |
| 1936 | — | #787 | 60 | |
| 1935 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1934 | — | #725 | 71 | |
| 1933 | — | #752 | 66 | |
| 1932 | — | #756 | 69 | |
| 1931 | — | #677 | 78 | |
| 1930 | — | #644 | 91 | |
| 1929 | — | #606 | 99 | |
| 1928 | — | #652 | 92 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #726 | 80 |
| 1926 | — | #660 | 91 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #617 | 103 |
| 1924 | — | #600 | 113 | |
| 1923 | — | #600 | 111 | |
| 1922 | — | #612 | 112 | |
| 1921 | — | #553 | 128 | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #490 | 151 |
| 1919 | — | #548 | 119 | |
| 1918 | — | #589 | 107 | |
| 1917 | — | #577 | 105 | |
| 1916 | — | #562 | 104 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #555 | 103 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #591 | 72 |
| 1913 | — | #498 | 76 | |
| 1912 | — | #484 | 66 | |
| 1911 | — | #514 | 33 | |
| 1910 | — | #447 | 38 | |
| 1909 | — | #505 | 26 | |
| 1908 | — | #389 | 36 | |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #411 | 28 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #430 | 27 | |
| 1899 | — | #355 | 26 | |
| 1898 | — | #364 | 28 | |
| 1897 | — | #316 | 34 | |
| 1896 | — | #290 | 40 | |
| 1895 | — | #301 | 36 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | — | #329 | 32 | |
| 1891 | — | #377 | 21 | |
| 1890 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #302 | 35 | |
| 1887 | — | #330 | 25 | |
| 1886 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #324 | 28 | |
| 1881 | — | #324 | 25 | |
| 1880 | — | #314 | 29 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Walker was already there! It came in at #314, and was given to 29 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 26 boys a year got the name.
See more about Walker
- 4 spots since 2024 (#82 → #78)
- 128 spots since 2020 (#206 → #78)
- 262 spots since 2015 (#340 → #78)
- Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1937 (#787 → #650)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1950 (#782 → #934)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #78 (4,250 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Highest: 1 in 406 boys born in 2025 were named Walker (0.25%)
- Its best rank, #78 in 2022, was only 1 in 411 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 44.3% of all boys named Walker (21,234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 266 | #294 (1889) | #337 |
| 1890s | 294 | #290 (1896) | #340 |
| 1900s | 242 | #371 (1901) | #457 |
| 1910s | 823 | #447 (1910) | #537 |
| 1920s | 1,080 | #490 (1920) | #612 |
| 1930s | 710 | #644 (1930) | #729 |
| 1940s | 720 | #697 (1944) | #765 |
| 1950s | 580 | #830 (1951) | #974 |
| 1960s | 394 | #1,121 (1961) | #1,240 |
| 1970s | 547 | #1,007 (1974) | #1,157 |
| 1980s | 836 | #891 (1989) | #1,028 |
| 1990s | 3,712 | #426 (1997) | #574 |
| 2000s | 6,419 | #369 (2005) | #422 |
| 2010s | 10,057 | #230 (2019) | #343 |
| 2020s | 21,234 | #78 (2022) | #110 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Walker in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 238,486 of them was named Walker, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 797 names at #4,805; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 14,086 of them was named Walker, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).